# Amputations at Casting Cleaning Resources
> OSHA SIR `20171211986` · 12/18/2017 · MAPLETON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Casting Cleaning Resources
- **Location:** 8826 W. US Highway 24, MAPLETON, ILLINOIS, 61547
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a casting from a liner conveyor when his right ring finger was pinched between the casting he was moving and a stationary casting. His fingertip was surgically amputated.

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