# Amputations at Crown Lift Trucks
> OSHA SIR `20191212645` · 12/9/2019 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Crown Lift Trucks
- **Location:** 100 E. Millsdale Rd., ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 423850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 9, 2019, at 8:55 a.m., an employee was working on a PIV. The employee was tightening the hose clamp with a socket wrench when the tool slipped and the employee's left hand made contact with the PIV engine's drive belt, causing an amputation to the left pinky finger. The engine was running at the time of the incident.

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