# Amputations at TIMKEN
> OSHA SIR `2018043935` · 4/24/2018 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TIMKEN
- **Location:** 2601 Battlefield Rd, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a trim machine when the employee's right middle finger contacted the rotary trimming knife, amputating the fingertip at the fingernail.

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