# Amputations at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019033183` · 3/27/2019 · MORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 500 N Morton Ave, MORTON, ILLINOIS, 61550
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:45 p.m. on March 27, 2019, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift in reverse. As the forklift approached a stack of filters, the employee's left little finger was crushed between a pallet in the filter stack and the vertical safety bar on the forklift. The finger was broken and part of it was amputated.

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