# Fractures at CATERPILLAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043885` · 4/23/2018 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR, INC.
- **Location:** 27TH ST. & E. PERSHING, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62525
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 23, 2018, an employee was loosening a bolt from a lifting device that was attached to a piece of steel when the steel shifted. The employee's left hand was caught between the suspended steel and another piece of steel, fracturing three fingers and requiring surgery.

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