# Amputations at Carlstar Group
> OSHA SIR `2023087942` · 8/28/2023 · EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Carlstar Group
- **Location:** 2701 S. 98th Street, EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS, 66111
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a part when the counter gauge broke off the inflator machine and the tension cord was released causing the hood cylinder assembly to drop. The employee's left middle finger was inside the alignment holes and their fingertip was amputated.

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