# Amputations at Textron Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2021042896` · 4/7/2021 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Textron Aviation
- **Location:** 1643 S. Maize Road, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While running wood through a jointer, an employee's right ring fingertip was partially amputated by the jointer's blade.

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