# Amputations at PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2015097156` · 9/28/2015 · GRANTSBURG, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP.
- **Location:** 533 N OAK STREET, GRANTSBURG, WISCONSIN, 54840
- **NAICS:** 332912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 28, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., an employee was adjusting the stroke length on a pneumatically powered cylinder. The cylinder actuated when the employee reattached the air source (100 psi) to the pneumatic cylinder, amputating the employee's right-hand pinky fingertip in the pinch point between the end of the cylinder body and the cylinder rod cap.

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