# Amputations at GE Transportation Engine Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015108088` · 10/29/2015 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Engine parts and accessories, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GE Transportation Engine Systems
- **Location:** 6 Northway Lane, LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fitting the engine cylinder into its fixture and got his right hand pinched between the 150 lb. cylinder and the fixture resulting in the amputation of the right thumb and ring fingertips.

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