# Amputations at SPX Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017043803` · 4/29/2017 · OLATHE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** SPX Corporation
- **Location:** 1200 W Marley Rd, OLATHE, KANSAS, 66051
- **NAICS:** 453930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dropping a fill cube into a basin when it was caught on bolts installed inside the basin. He pushed on the fill cube with his hand to free the fill cube. When the cube was freed it pinched his right hand between the casing panel and the basin, amputating his right index fingertip.

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