# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINE SERVICES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024010793` · 1/25/2024 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Multiple engine and mechanical parts, whole engine
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINE SERVICES, INC.
- **Location:** 8801 Macon Road, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31907
- **NAICS:** 336412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 25, 2024, an employee was servicing an engine. The engine shaft became misaligned and as they were manually re-aligning it, the shaft suddenly slid into place and pinched the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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