# Amputations at Scot Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054271` · 5/16/2022 · SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Scot Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1961 W. U.S. HWY. 30, SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60554
- **NAICS:** 333995
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a piece of square bar (weighing about 354 pounds). The bar slid and pinched the employee's right middle fingertip against another bar, causing an amputation (as well as a laceration and fracture) to the fingertip.

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