# Amputations at Soiux Chief Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043762` · 4/27/2017 · OLATHE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Soiux Chief Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 2115 E. Kansas City Rd., OLATHE, KANSAS, 66061
- **NAICS:** 332913
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing on the line using an extrusion machine when the machine blade activated and amputated her left index fingertip.

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