# Amputations at IPL USA INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018021793` · 2/21/2018 · LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** IPL USA INC.
- **Location:** 401 SE Thompson Drive, LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI, 64082
- **NAICS:** 424610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 9:45 a.m., on 2/21/2018, an employee was performing maintenance on a press. The machine was properly locked/tagged out and he was wearing all assigned PPE. The employee was using a pry bar to help remove a component of the press. As he was pressing on the pry bar, it slipped, and his left-hand pinky finger was then smashed between the pry bar and the edge of the mold he was working on, resulting in a partial pinky finger amputation.

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