# Amputations at ABB
> OSHA SIR `2017021721` · 2/22/2017 · JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ABB
- **Location:** 500 W. Highway 94, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, 65101
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 22, 2017, at 8:30 p.m., an employee was working on a core press when a pressure plate was inadvertently activated. The plate amputated his left pinky toe and fractured his foot.

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