# Amputations at Toyota Tsusho America
> OSHA SIR `2019076875` · 7/9/2019 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Toyota Tsusho America
- **Location:** 3401 S. Chicago St., JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped while climbing a rack. The employee's ring was caught on a metal crate resulting in amputation of the ring finger.

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