# Amputations at Clark Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2019099810` · 9/19/2019 · GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Clark Equipment Company
- **Location:** 210 First Avenue NE, GWINNER, NORTH DAKOTA, 58040
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hydraulic jig and positioning a plate for tack welding when the hydraulic ram actuated the swing clamp. The swing clamp amputated the employee's right pinky fingertip.

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