# Amputations at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111528` · 11/8/2018 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1425 Eden Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
- **NAICS:** 336991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a wheel from a rear wheel manipulator. The air cylinder holding pressure to the wheel became stuck. The employee worked to remove the wheel while the power was off; it was then turned on, and the employee's left little finger was amputated to the first knuckle. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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