# Amputations at Maxion Wheels LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111535` · 11/5/2019 · SEDALIA, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Maxion Wheels LLC
- **Location:** 3610 West Main Street, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to an issue with a shape machine; a wheel was stuck in the upper punch retainer tooling. The wheel was under stored nitrogen energy and released from the tooling. The employee's right hand and index finger were caught between the wheel and the machine resulting in partial amputation of the right index finger.

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