# Amputations at Textron Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2015040138` · 4/25/2015 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Textron Aviation
- **Location:** 1643 S. Maize Road, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went outside to investigate an odor. She approached a dust collector and stuck her right hand into a hopper that contained a rotating discharge valve. She amputated three fingers.

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