# Amputations at Advanced Technology Services
> OSHA SIR `2015021275` · 2/9/2015 · BALD KNOB, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gears
- **Secondary source:** Motors other than vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Technology Services
- **Location:** 2719 Business Highway 33, BALD KNOB, ARKANSAS, 72010
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was installing a gear box at the Diedeshiem machine tool station (used in cutting metals for making toilet valves). The employee was using a hydraulic jack to align the gear box on the motor of the machine. His hand got stuck between the gear box disc and the motor case. His left hand pinky finger was amputated and his ring finger was also injured.

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