# Amputations at Flender Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022098569` · 9/28/2022 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Flender Corporation
- **Location:** 1401 Madeline Lane, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60124
- **NAICS:** 333612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a large gear box onto a wooden skid using an overhead crane. His left thumb was caught between the gear box and the skid, and he suffered an amputation to the thumb.

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