# Amputations at Williams, White & Company
> OSHA SIR `20191112213` · 11/25/2019 · MOLINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams, White & Company
- **Location:** 600 River Drive, MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 61265
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a 5,500-lbs. part. The magnet slipped, causing the part to drop onto the machine and amputate the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips.

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