# Amputations at Oshkosh Defense
> OSHA SIR `2017088265` · 8/28/2017 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Oshkosh Defense
- **Location:** 500 West Waukau, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54902
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 28, 2017, an employee was installing a tire carrier through rework, which required inserting a pin into a part. He was inserting the pin when the holes became misaligned and the part moved, pinching and amputating his left index fingertip between the hole and a bracket.

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