# Amputations at Knapheide Truck Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2015074977` · 7/23/2015 · COTTLEVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Knapheide Truck Equipment
- **Location:** 10101 Midrivers Mall Drive, COTTLEVILLE, MISSOURI, 63376
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of steel using an iron-working machine when the employee's hand got caught between the working metal piece and the machine. The employee's right-hand middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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