# Amputations at AGCO CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021119659` · 11/8/2021 · HESSTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** AGCO CORPORATION
- **Location:** 420 W. LINCOLN BLVD., HESSTON, KANSAS, 67062
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a powered industrial truck (PIT) winch hook to steel plates. The winch engaged and the employee's left hand was caught between the hook and the steel plates resulting in amputation of their left middle fingertip.

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