# Amputations at DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020032793` · 3/26/2020 · WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 1 MCDANIEL ST., WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI, 65775
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing bolts from a piece of machinery. A bolt got stuck; when it came loose, the employee's left index finger was pinched in a tongue and partially amputated.

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