# Amputations at Textron Aviation Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018077598` · 7/26/2018 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Textron Aviation Inc
- **Location:** 130 N Webb Rd, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67206
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fabricating a shop aid out of aluminum sheet metal. While he was using a manual, foot-operated shear, his left ring fingertip was caught under a material clamp on the shear, resulting in a partial amputation.

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