# Amputations at Duburg Iron Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111300` · 11/2/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Duburg Iron Works, Inc.
- **Location:** Old Post Office, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60605
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was erecting steel in an elevator shaft. A winch was engaged while his hand was on a cable, and his fingers were pulled into the snatch block. His first two fingers were amputated.

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