# Amputations at Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, U.S.A.
> OSHA SIR `2022076400` · 7/21/2022 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, U.S.A.
- **Location:** 6600 NW 27th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68524
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 21, 2022, an employee was compressing suspension springs in a hydraulic
spring press machine. He had compressed two springs that morning and while compressing the third spring, suffered a fingertip amputation when the retaining bolt that holds the spring in its compressed position failed and the spring expanded.

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