# Amputations at MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS
> OSHA SIR `2017021276` · 2/9/2017 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** MULTI-CRAFT CONTRACTORS
- **Location:** 1983 State Line Road, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pipe grooving machine when the employee's glove and hand were pulled into the point of operation, partially amputating the right index finger to the second knuckle and the middle 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*