# Amputations at Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076579` · 7/22/2023 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2647 8th St., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 332212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping waste products in the dumpster. As the employee released the hatch to the dumpster, it snapped back and caught their left ring finger, resulting in amputation.

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