# Amputations at AREA ERECTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20211210483` · 12/7/2021 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AREA ERECTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 3301 Brandon Rd., JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 7, 2021, at 3:25 p.m., an employee was trying to move and align a steel beam into the correct position. A headache ball from a crane onsite was moved into position in order to knock the beam into place. The employee's hand got caught between the beam and the headache ball, resulting in a finger amputation.

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