# Amputations at Northrop Grumman Ammunition Plant
> OSHA SIR `2019011000` · 1/28/2019 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Northrop Grumman Ammunition Plant
- **Location:** 25201 MO-78, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64056
- **NAICS:** 332993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a coil of metal with his forklift. The load did not settle properly so he attempted to adjust it. The load then shifted and amputated his left middle finger above the first knuckle.

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