# Amputations at TOWER METAL WORKS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20231110294` · 11/7/2023 · MAPLE HILL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TOWER METAL WORKS, INC.
- **Location:** 29273 WINDY HILL RD., MAPLE HILL, KANSAS, 66507
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning tips on a spot welder. He replaced the top tip and was adjusting the bottom tip when he stepped forward and caught the corner of the pedal. His right index finger was then pinched between the spot welder tips and the fingertip was amputated.

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