# Amputations at Cincinnati Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021109236` · 10/26/2021 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Cincinnati Incorporated
- **Location:** 1101 Thompson Ave, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72303
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing springs in a counter balance unit on a shear machine when something shifted in the machine and his left hand was caught in the machine, resulting in amputation of the left ring fingertip.

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