# Amputations at Kellex Seating
> OSHA SIR `2016033560` · 3/29/2016 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Kellex Seating
- **Location:** 121 N. Industrial Road, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 337122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the end boring machine, drilling holes for dials. The employee's finger got caught under the clamp when the clamps came down resulting in the amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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