# Amputations at Chester Construction Supply
> OSHA SIR `2017021097` · 2/3/2017 · CHESTER, 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:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Chester Construction Supply
- **Location:** 2229 State Street, CHESTER, ILLINOIS, 62233
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While adjusting the steel arms (a lifting device) over a stacker pad for wooden truss manufacturing, an employee's left middle finger was crushed and partially amputated between the lifting arm and a wooden truss.

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