# Amputations at Evoqua Water Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2023021599` · 2/20/2023 · CEDAR POINT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Evoqua Water Technologies
- **Location:** 358 West 4th Street, CEDAR POINT, ILLINOIS, 61316
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a storage unit. As he lifted a 55-pound steel rack to throw into the dumpster, the rack slipped and his finger was caught between the dumpster and the metal frame of the rack. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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