# Amputations at Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
> OSHA SIR `2021020910` · 2/1/2021 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
- **Location:** 2701 Spruce Street, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to lift a back flange from a rack for assembly. The employee was caught between the back flange and the rack, sustaining a fingertip amputation.

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