# Amputations at Parker Hannifin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018077492` · 7/24/2018 · VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Parker Hannifin Corporation
- **Location:** 1625 98th Avenue, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, 32966
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a workstation producing an industrial hose when his right index finger became caught in a wire roll, resulting in an amputation of his fingertip at the first knuckle.

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