# Amputations at Paccar Engine Company
> OSHA SIR `2017098482` · 9/2/2017 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Paccar Engine Company
- **Location:** 1000 Paccar Drive, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling an engine block onto a steel plate when the employee's left hand was caught in the path of the moving engine block, amputating the middle fingertip.

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