# Amputations at R & S Maintenance Services
> OSHA SIR `2015129328` · 12/9/2015 · MERIDEN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** R & S Maintenance Services
- **Location:** 7057 K-4 Hwy, MERIDEN, KANSAS, 66512
- **NAICS:** 811490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hopper when his right index fingertip was pinched  between the hopper and the frame and amputated.

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