# Amputations at Clark Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2016109405` · 10/5/2016 · GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Clark Equipment Company
- **Location:** 210 First Avenue NE, GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58040
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning metal next to hydraulic clamps to prepare the metal for tack welding. The clamp actuated while the employee's finger was between the metal and the clamp, crushing the employee's fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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