# Amputations at Emerson
> OSHA SIR `2016043002` · 4/10/2016 · LEBANON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Emerson
- **Location:** 701 E HWY 32, LEBANON, MISSOURI, 65536
- **NAICS:** 423730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was unjamming a part in a new piece of equipment. The part unjammed and the slide went forward, amputating his right index fingertip.

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