# Amputations at Barnes Aerospace
> OSHA SIR `2017098744` · 9/12/2017 · WEST CHESTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Barnes Aerospace
- **Location:** 9826 Crescent Park Drive, WEST CHESTER, OHIO, 45069
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a 130-pound fixture onto a platform cart using a motorized lift when his left thumb was caught between the fixture and the cart, amputating his thumb tip.

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