# Amputations at Northern Illinois Gas Company
> OSHA SIR `2020021427` · 2/13/2020 · SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Illinois Gas Company
- **Location:** 1011 Wiley Road, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, 60173
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a jackhammer attachment onto a trailer. The equipment slid from its wooden pallet onto his left middle finger. The finger was partially amputated.

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