# Amputations involving bone loss at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010335` · 1/10/2025 · MAPLETON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wrenches, ratchets
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 8826 US-24, MAPLETON, ILLINOIS, 61547
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic torque tool. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the tool and bolts on a die, causing a partial transphalangeal amputation.

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