# Amputations at ETS LINDGREN L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2015063464` · 6/6/2015 · DURANT, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ETS LINDGREN L.P.
- **Location:** 1016 WALDRON DR, DURANT, OKLAHOMA, 74701
- **NAICS:** 334515
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a ribbon blender. He had the lid open, thus disengaging the interlock switch and disabling the rotating paddles.  After he finished cleaning it, he closed the lid. The blender has a discharge hole at the bottom; unaware that the paddles in the blender were still rotating at a slow rate, the employee reached up through the discharge hole. The paddle amputated the tip of his index finger.

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