# Amputations at Ameren Missouri, Sioux Energy Center
> OSHA SIR `2018077664` · 7/27/2018 · WEST ALTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
- **Secondary source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameren Missouri, Sioux Energy Center
- **Location:** 8501 N. State Rte. 94, WEST ALTON, MISSOURI, 63386
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were sliding a metal grate along a stationary floor. One employee's left middle fingertip was pinched between the sliding grate and another grate, suffering a fingertip amputation.

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