# Amputations at R-S Maintenance Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2022032240` · 3/11/2022 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** R-S Maintenance Incorporated
- **Location:** 100 Mars Blvd., TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66512
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pair of rare earth magnets for maintenance. The magnets got close to each other and came together, amputating the tip of his right thumb between them.

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