# Amputations involving bone loss at Agco Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025065349` · 6/5/2025 · HESSTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Augers  except conveyor
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Agco Corporation
- **Location:** 420 W Lincoln Blvd., HESSTON, KANSAS, 67062
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 5, 2025, at approximately 6:45 AM, an employee was installing an auger tube onto a combine when it wouldn't slide into place due to a bind. After adjusting the hoist to remove the bind, the auger slid into place and struck their left thumb. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the thumb to the distal interphalangeal joint.

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