# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Flender Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025010955` · 1/29/2025 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Combustion engine blocks, cylinders, pistons
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flender Corporation
- **Location:** 1401 Madeline Lane., ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60124
- **NAICS:** 333612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane was lowering a piston into a carriage slot. An employee was guiding the piston when his glove got caught under the piston and his left middle fingertip was amputated.

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