# Amputations at TC Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010115` · 1/5/2022 · CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TC Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3703 S. Route 31, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS, 60012
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to adjust a 4-by-4 square steel block that a metal skid was sitting on. The block slid out from under the skid, and the skid cut the tip of his left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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