# Amputations at Tractor & Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2019077472` · 7/22/2019 · BILLINGS, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tractor & Equipment Company
- **Location:** 1835 Harnish Blvd, BILLINGS, MONTANA, 59101
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a large wheel loader, installing a ring and pinion in an axle. His left ring finger became caught between the ring and pinion and he sustained a fingertip amputation.

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