# Amputations at Gardner Denver
> OSHA SIR `2018088161` · 8/9/2018 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Gardner Denver
- **Location:** 150 Enterprise Campus Drive, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
- **NAICS:** 333996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding a gear box cover off a pallet by hand when his left middle finger was caught between the gear box cover and the wooden pallet, resulting in a finger amputation.

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