# Amputations at Orion Industries, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2023109762` · 10/23/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Orion Industries, Ltd.
- **Location:** 5492 Northwest Highway, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60630
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-installing a safety rail on a mezzanine. As the employee pushed down on the safety rail, his left ring finger was caught in the locking joint, amputating the left ring fingertip.

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