# Amputations at D & K Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043175` · 4/3/2018 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** D & K Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1320 Brummel, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting for a production line to finish. The employee's right hand was on the hoist controls when the employee's pinky finger became caught in the hoist clasp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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