# Amputations at Evergy Pittsurg Service Center
> OSHA SIR `2020109788` · 10/14/2020 · PITTSBURG, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Evergy Pittsurg Service Center
- **Location:** 579 South 260th Street, PITTSBURG, KANSAS, 66762
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding a potential transformer on a trailer. The tip of his little finger was pinched between the transformer and another one next to it. The fingertip was amputated.

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