# Amputations at CATERPILLAR, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087915` · 8/28/2023 · NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR, Inc.
- **Location:** 9201 FAULKNER LAKE RD., NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72117
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to load a motor grader circle blank that weighed 2,300 pounds into a cradle fixture for machining. As he lowered the part, the tip of his gloved left middle finger was pinched between the circle blank and the cradle fixture, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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