# Amputations at Clark Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2017054525` · 5/18/2017 · 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:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Clark Equipment Company
- **Location:** 210 First Avenue NE, GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58040
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a dipper arm on a mini-excavator line. His finger was in the pin hole when his coworker hammered in a pivot pin, creating a pinch point that amputated his left middle fingertip.

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