# Amputations at KAWASAKI MOTORS MFG. CORP., USA
> OSHA SIR `2020099052` · 9/23/2020 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** KAWASAKI MOTORS MFG. CORP., USA
- **Location:** 6600 NW 27TH STREET, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68501
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a tube bender machine when a component of the machine shifted and caught the employee's left ring finger in a shear point. The finger was amputated from the nail to the fingertip.

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