# Amputations at Vestas American Wind Technology Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023021437` · 2/15/2023 · GOLDEN CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
## Employer
- **Name:** Vestas American Wind Technology Inc
- **Location:** 1136 Lawrence County Avenue, GOLDEN CITY, MISSOURI, 64748
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing an accumulator replacement inside a wind turbine when their right little finger was caught underneath the turbine. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.

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