# Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018033086` · 3/30/2018 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Sinter Metals, LLC.
- **Location:** N117W18880 Fulton Dr., GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 66-pound slug out of a machine. The employee had a jack under the slug and was attempting to put a washer on when the jack slipped, causing the slug to fall and hit the employee's right middle finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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