# Amputations at Kohler Company
> OSHA SIR `2015129128` · 12/3/2015 · HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohler Company
- **Location:** 182 J. M. Tatum Industrial Drive, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39401
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a spindle machine. The process required 14 bolts, but the employee noticed that there was only 13 bolts. When she tried to put in the 14th bolt, moving parts came down and caught her left-hand pinky finger, amputating the fingertip.

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