DECATUR, ILLINOIS·
CATERPILLAR
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CATERPILLAR, 27TH AND PERSHING, DECATUR, ILLINOIS 62526 on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
While moving a lower power train brake assembly with an overhead crane/lifting device, an employee's left thumb was pinched and amputated in a pinch point.
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