# Amputations at Ruskin Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2016098390` · 9/6/2016 · PARSONS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ruskin Manufacturing
- **Location:** 1700 N. 21st, PARSONS, KANSAS, 67357
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was in the cutting area of a cutter machine when a coworker activated the equipment. The cutter cycled and partially amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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