# Amputations at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054136` · 5/8/2023 · MAPLETON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 8826 W Route 24, MAPLETON, ILLINOIS, 61547
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain hoist to remove timbers used to create a void in sand molds. The employee's hand was at the base of the chain hoist hook when their ring finger was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation.

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