# Amputations at Kona Ice, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052541` · 5/3/2015 · FLORENCE, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kona Ice, Inc.
- **Location:** 5945 Centennial Drive, FLORENCE, KENTUCKY, 41042
- **NAICS:** 722330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On or about May 3, 2015, an employee's right index fingertip was amputated when he tried to unclog an ice shaver with a plastic spoon and accidentally stepped on the control pedal, which engaged the blade.

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