# Amputations at 3M
> OSHA SIR `2019043715` · 4/10/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** 3M
- **Location:** 3211 E Chestnut Expressway, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished maintenance work on an HVAC system. He was closing the guard cover when it slipped, smashed his left hand (bruising two fingers), and severed the tip of the ring finger.

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