# Amputations at UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20231211683` · 12/27/2023 · NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
- **Location:** 1115 Armour Road, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64116
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reconnecting equipment after downtime maintenance. The equipment shifted and the employee's fingertip was pinched between the air cylinder clevis and mounting bracket, resulting in amputation to the very end of the left middle finger.

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