# Amputations at PARKER HANNIFIN INC. STRATOFLEX PRODUCTS DIVISION
> OSHA SIR `2022108801` · 10/6/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PARKER HANNIFIN INC. STRATOFLEX PRODUCTS DIVISION
- **Location:** 220 ROBERTS CUTOFF ROAD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76114
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding material into an automated heat shrink tube cutter. As the material became too short to cut, it got stuck at the exit point between the roller feeder and the blade. The employee was trying to free the stuck material when the machine cycled; its blade amputated the tip of his right index finger.

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