# Amputations at Castwell Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098568` · 9/10/2016 · SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Castwell Products, LLC
- **Location:** 7800 N. Austin Ave., SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, 60077
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a partial amputation of the right thumb when his finger was caught between a metal table frame and a metal box that was raised by a forklift to be moved.

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