# Amputations at Knapheide Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019010078` · 1/3/2019 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Knapheide Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 1848 Westphalia Strasse, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62305
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a truck body fixture when a pneumatic clamp on the fixture cycled onto the employee's hand, amputating the middle fingertip.

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