# Amputations at Safway Atlantic
> OSHA SIR `20171111006` · 11/16/2017 · DIXON, 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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Safway Atlantic
- **Location:** 403 East First Street, DIXON, ILLINOIS, 61021
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a bundle of scaffolding equipment into the bed of a truck when the scaffolding shifted. The employee's right fifth finger was then caught and partially amputated between the scaffolding racks.

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