# Amputations at Dakota Gasification
> OSHA SIR `2016064841` · 6/1/2016 · BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dakota Gasification
- **Location:** 420 County Road 26, BEULAH, NORTH DAKOTA, 58523
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a pin on a pneumatic cylinder when the cylinder's pressure released and amputated the employee's fingertip.

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