# Amputations at Krueger International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076621` · 7/17/2017 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Krueger International, Inc.
- **Location:** 2112 S. Green Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
- **NAICS:** 337214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a chair back part in a CNC bender when the machine crushed his right index finger. His finger had to be medically amputated at the first knuckle. The bender machine was operating at the time of the incident.

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