# Amputations at GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING
> OSHA SIR `2018088955` · 8/29/2018 · SALINA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING
- **Location:** 601 Idlewood, SALINA, KANSAS, 67402
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a piece of metal into a welding fixture. His left ring finger was pinched between the metal and the fixture, and the tip was amputated to the base of the nail bed.

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