# Amputations at The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `20221110418` · 11/30/2022 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Automobile lifts and hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 1848 Westphalia Strasse, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 30, 2022, an employee was grabbing the extension for a floor hoist when their thumb was caught between the top of the floor hoist and the bottom of the truck body. They sustained a distal left thumb amputation.

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