# Amputations at SUZLON WIND ENERGY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020032667` · 3/22/2020 · GREENSBURG, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** SUZLON WIND ENERGY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 15479 54 Hwy, GREENSBURG, KANSAS, 67054
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a service call for replacement and assembly of a windmill gear box. The employee picked up the pillow block and while setting it into place, his left middle finger was pinched between a plate hole and the stud of the nacelle bed plate main frame. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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