# Amputations at XYLEM DEWATERING SOLUTIONNS
> OSHA SIR `2016053752` · 5/3/2016 · RIDGEDALE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** XYLEM DEWATERING SOLUTIONNS
- **Location:** 265 Power Rd, RIDGEDALE, MISSOURI, 65739
- **NAICS:** 333911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was using lifting chains while putting a submersible pump in place. The lifting chain caught a hold of his right leather glove and pulled a finger into the lifting chains. The right middle finger was pinched between chain and the fingertip was amputated.

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