# Amputations at CATERPILLAR
> OSHA SIR `2016054591` · 5/24/2016 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR
- **Location:** 27TH AND PERSHING, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While moving a lower power train brake assembly with an overhead crane/lifting device, an employee's left thumb was pinched and amputated in a pinch point.

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