# Amputations at Kohler Company
> OSHA SIR `20191010892` · 10/17/2019 · BROWNWOOD, TEXAS
## 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:** Kohler Company
- **Location:** 4601 Hwy 377 South, BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, 76801
- **NAICS:** 327111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a mold with his finger using a hydraulic jack trolley when the valve power brake was pressed which lowered the valve onto the employee's middle finger and amputated the fingertip below the nail.

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