# Amputations at Parker Hannifin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019077664` · 7/26/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Parker Hannifin Corporation
- **Location:** 2651 AL HWY 21 North, JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA, 36265
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a tool change in an eight-spindle chucking machine. After completing the other seven spindles, he rotated the machine to the eighth spindle and pushed the stop button. The employee's left middle finger contacted a spindle before it had come to a complete stop resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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