# Amputations at Kava Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015031482` · 3/25/2015 · PORTLAND, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Kava Construction
- **Location:** 805 Helen Avenue, PORTLAND, NORTH DAKOTA, 58274
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered an amputation to his left index finger when it was crushed by a chain sprocket on a conveyor belt grain thrower. The chain sprocket was unguarded at the time.

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