# Amputations at General Motors
> OSHA SIR `2019077116` · 7/14/2019 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Motors
- **Location:** 3201 Fairfax Trafficway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working on a tooling cross bar section. One employee had his right hand on top of a pneumatically controlled front tilt head. The tilt head actuated and pinched the tip of his right ring finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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