# Amputations at Titan Machinery
> OSHA SIR `2015031073` · 3/9/2015 · ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Machinery
- **Location:** 4411 Sixth Aveue SE, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was lining up a hole on a planter axle. The planter axle part shifted (overcentered) and severed the bottom portion of the employee's left index finger (pad).

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