# Amputations at AGCO Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015097069` · 9/24/2015 · HESSTON, KANSAS
## 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:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** AGCO Corporation
- **Location:** 420 W Lincoln Blvd, HESSTON, KANSAS, 67062
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/24/15, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee was positioning a jack to a block bailer. He put his left hand on the side of the jack and his left middle finger got caught between the cradle and jack set. His left finger was crushed and had to be surgically amputated to the first knuckle.

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