# Amputations at Kohl's Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2017032221` · 3/10/2017 · FINDLAY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohl's Distribution Center
- **Location:** 7855 County Road 140, FINDLAY, OHIO, 45840
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the banding in the strapper machine when the lid fell onto the employee's hand amputating the left ring and middle fingertips.

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