# Amputations at Peoples Gas
> OSHA SIR `2016054677` · 5/26/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural stones or slabs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Peoples Gas
- **Location:** 7832 S. Springfield Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to lift a concrete slab/rock into the bucket of a front-end loader. The slab slipped, and the employee's right index fingertip was crushed and amputated between the slab and another slab.

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