# Amputations at Blessing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087593` · 8/13/2016 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Blessing LLC
- **Location:** 403 Central Ave, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68848
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a motorized tarp on a side-dumper semi-trailer when his fingers became caught in the drive chain and sprocket, amputating his left ring finger to the first knuckle.

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