# Amputations at Caterpillar Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065367` · 6/30/2021 · SEGUIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc.
- **Location:** 1720 W Kingsbury Street, SEGUIN, TEXAS, 78155
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead grid crane when their right middle finger was pinched between the engine head assembly and the transport rack resulting in amputation of the fingertip just below the nail bed.

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