# Amputations at Purina Animal Nutrition
> OSHA SIR `2015107557` · 10/10/2015 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Purina Animal Nutrition
- **Location:** 1836 N Topeka, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67214
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee got his left ring finger caught between a belt and pulley while conducting maintenance on the vacuum fan.  When he jerk his hand out, the skin and nail pulled off the finger to the bone.

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