# Amputations at Advanced Machine & Engineering Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022032538` · 3/21/2022 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Advanced Machine & Engineering Co.
- **Location:** 2500 N Latham ST, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61106
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving four machine parts (weighing about 88 pounds each) with an overhead crane. The load shifted and the middle two parts dropped down, amputating the tip of his left middle finger.

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