# Amputations at White Star Machinery
> OSHA SIR `2020077064` · 7/27/2020 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** White Star Machinery
- **Location:** 835 NE Hwy 24, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66608
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a hydraulic cylinder onto a bench vise for repairs. The vice rotated and the employee's left thumb was caught in a fitting hole. Then the cylinder rotated and caught the employee's thumb against the vise amputating the fingertip.

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