# Amputations at ABB Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021809` · 2/24/2020 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ABB Inc.
- **Location:** 70 Industrial Park Access Road, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right index fingertip was amputated when he manually pushed an endplate down the shaft into the motor housing unit.

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