# Amputations at Flowers Baking Company Of Lenexa LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032261` · 3/11/2017 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## 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:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Baking Company Of Lenexa LLC
- **Location:** 8960 Marshall Drive, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance, lubricating a drive train with a rag, when the rag became caught. When he attempted to pull out the rag, his right hand was caught in the chain sprocket, amputating half of his right pinky finger.

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