# Amputations at BUCKHORN RUBBER PRODUCTS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016076056` · 7/6/2016 · HANNIBAL, MISSOURI
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** BUCKHORN RUBBER PRODUCTS INC.
- **Location:** 5151 Industrial Drive, HANNIBAL, MISSOURI, 63401
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to help the mill operator start a strip of sticky rubber on the take-off belt when his left index finger came into contact with the mill knives and was amputated behind the nail bed in front of the first knuckle.

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