# Amputations at Caterpillar Work Tools
> OSHA SIR `2015021090` · 2/3/2015 · WAMEGO, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Work Tools
- **Location:** 400 Work Tool Drive, WAMEGO, KANSAS, 66547
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A worker was lifting a 42-pound part onto a shelf at chest height. The part fell onto his right-hand fifth digit and partially severed it at approximately the location of the cuticle.

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