# Amputations at MD Kinney
> OSHA SIR `2021064975` · 6/18/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** MD Kinney
- **Location:** 4840 West Kearny, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on the battery pack of a standup forklift. When he went to re-install the battery pack the electrical connector fell into the work area. As he reached in to retrieve the connector, his other hand was caught by the roller and his ring finger was amputated.

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