# Amputations at Oshkosh Defense - South Plant
> OSHA SIR `2022087677` · 8/29/2022 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Oshkosh Defense - South Plant
- **Location:** 333 W 29th Avenue, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54902
- **NAICS:** 336992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a handheld pneumatic assembly tool to secure bolts on the frame of a trailer. His left index fingertip was caught between the trailer frame and the tool attachment torque bar. The fingertip was partially amputated.

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