# Amputations at Oshkosh Defense LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016099084` · 9/26/2016 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Oshkosh Defense LLC
- **Location:** 2737 Harrison Street, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54901
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loosening bolts on an axle when it swung down and pinched the employee's finger between the axle and fixture, amputating the right pinky fingertip to the first knuckle.

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