# Amputations at Sapp Bros
> OSHA SIR `2019077339` · 7/18/2019 · PERU, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Sapp Bros
- **Location:** 3130 May Road, PERU, ILLINOIS, 61354
- **NAICS:** 447190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a suspension bushing from a 53-ft. trailer using a pry bar. Part of the suspension moved, catching his left hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle finger.

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