# Amputations at CATERPILLAR
> OSHA SIR `20181010260` · 10/4/2018 · NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR
- **Location:** 9201 FAULKNER LAKE RD., NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72117
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching parts to a motor grader as part of its assembly. A part to be attached was on a mobile cart; the employee's right ring finger was caught between the cart and the grader, and was partially amputated at the third joint.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*