# Amputations at HTH Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118938` · 11/25/2015 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HTH Company
- **Location:** 2200 East Eldorado, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62521
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received a distal amputation of his left middle finger while transporting a cart loaded with scaffolding. The rolling cart shifted and the employee's hand was pinched between the cart handle and an I-beam.

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