# Amputations at Life Care Center of Burlington
> OSHA SIR `2016087713` · 8/17/2016 · BURLINGTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Clothes dryers
## Employer
- **Name:** Life Care Center of Burlington
- **Location:** 601 Cross St., BURLINGTON, KANSAS, 66839
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preforming maintenance on a dryer and was greasing the gears when his right middle finger was caught between the gears, amputating his right middle fingertip.

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