# Amputations at Worthington Cylinders
> OSHA SIR `2023065177` · 6/12/2023 · MAIZE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Worthington Cylinders
- **Location:** 5605 N 119th St. W., MAIZE, KANSAS, 67101
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a cold header machine in the MVH. He was lining up a pin hole to put a one-inch round pin between the arm of the cold header machine and a piece of metal. The arm slipped out of his hand and dropped causing a partial amputation to the employee's left index finger.

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