# Amputations at Federal Signal Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021043156` · 4/15/2021 · BUTTE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Signal Corporation
- **Location:** I-90, BUTTE, MONTANA, 59701
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a water blaster in its stow position when the equipment shifted, catching the employee's finger between the locking bar and the equipment. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation on the left hand and was hospitalized.

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