# Amputations at Fargo Assembly of PA., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087650` · 8/15/2016 · ATCHISON, KANSAS
## 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:** Fargo Assembly of PA., Inc.
- **Location:** 2002 HWY 59, ATCHISON, KANSAS, 66002
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting tubing on a cutter when the tubing slipped out of place. She used her left hand to hold it in place. When the blade was activated, it amputated her left index fingertip.

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