# Amputations at ZF Gainsville, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065041` · 6/10/2022 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ZF Gainsville, LLC
- **Location:** 1261 Palmour Drive, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping to build a large differential (drive train for a vehicle) on a table. He was trying to fit the gears into the housing, then went to adjust a shim (washer) and asked a coworker to make an adjustment with a 3-pronged bar tool. The injured employee's right middle fingertip became caught inside the differential and was amputated.

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