# Amputations at FAG BEARINGS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017077030` · 7/27/2017 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** FAG BEARINGS, INC.
- **Location:** 3900 S. Rangeline Road, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a bearing through a machine when the grinding wheel shattered and severed a finger.

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