# Amputations at R & E Automated
> OSHA SIR `2019076948` · 7/10/2019 · LIBERTY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** R & E Automated
- **Location:** 3251 Heartland Drive, LIBERTY, MISSOURI, 64068
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a sensor to a robot arm. When he manually released the clamp, it closed on his left pinky causing a fracture and partial amputation.

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