# Amputations at American Buildings Company
> OSHA SIR `2019021854` · 2/19/2019 · EL PASO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Buildings Company
- **Location:** 2101 E Main Street, EL PASO, ILLINOIS, 61738
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 19, 2019, an employee was lowering a purlin onto a rack using an overhead crane. The employee had one hand on the control pendant and one hand on the chain. When the purlin was placed, it rotated and pinched the tip of the left ring finger between the chain and the purlin resulting in a partial amputation.

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