# Amputations at PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023054434` · 5/18/2023 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
- **Location:** 215 Lange Dr, WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning bar stock in the collet of a CNC machine and troubleshooting. As the employee was making an adjustment in the collet cage, the machine was activated, causing the collet to move forward and pinch the employee's hand. A finger and the thumb on the hand were medically amputated.

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