# Amputations at Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043405` · 4/23/2016 · PAOLA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Oldcastle Lawn & Garden, Inc.
- **Location:** 32200 Lookout Rd, PAOLA, KANSAS, 66071
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 4-23-16, at 11:45 a.m., an employee was attempting to move materials out of the way on the bag line machine when his right index finger was caught between the chain and pulley, amputating the fingertip.

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