# Amputations at RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES
> OSHA SIR `2015085884` · 8/18/2015 · ABILENE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES
- **Location:** 1993 CARAMEL BLVD., ABILENE, KANSAS, 67410
- **NAICS:** 445292
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a plastic trash cart into a compactor. Her right ring fingertip got stuck between the plastic receptacle and the metal frame around it. She sustained a fingertip amputation.

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