# Amputations at Siemens Wind Power
> OSHA SIR `20161110857` · 11/18/2016 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Siemens Wind Power
- **Location:** 1000 Commerce, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67501
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a rotor lock pin in a bearing housing when the magnets in the lifting system failed. The rotor lock pin then dropped into the bearing housing, pinching the employee's fingers between the flange of the pin and the housing. Two of his fingers were amputated to the first knuckle.

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