# Amputations at Central Lift Maintenance Group
> OSHA SIR `2018099459` · 9/13/2018 · BEDFORD PARK, 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:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Lift Maintenance Group
- **Location:** 7000 W. 71st Street, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a trunnion to a gantry crane with bolts. A bolt slipped while he was tightening it, and his fingers were crushed between the wheel assembly and the blade of a forklift. The tip of his left index finger was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*