# Amputations at Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054611` · 5/18/2020 · MILAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, LLC
- **Location:** 6601 74th Ave, MILAN, ILLINOIS, 61264
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 18, 2020, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was helping another employee cut sheet aluminum and when his left thumb entered the shear at the same time that the other employee stepped onto the lever. The shear then amputated the employee's left thumb tip.

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