# Amputations at Midwestern Machine-Hydraulics
> OSHA SIR `2018099650` · 9/18/2018 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwestern Machine-Hydraulics
- **Location:** 17265 N Timberline Ln, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was putting a cylinder on a pallet when his left hand was smashed between the pallet and cylinder, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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