# Amputations at Parker-Hannifin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015021204` · 2/6/2015 · MANHATTAN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Parker-Hannifin Corporation
- **Location:** 1501 Hayes Dr., MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 66502
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a shaft on a lathe  with an emry cloth when his hand became caught, pulling him into the lathe and injuring his right hand. He fractured the ring and pinky fingers on his right hand and sustained damage to the flesh as well.  His right pinky finger was amputated due to the damage.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*