# Amputations at Mid Kansas Cooperative-Lindsborg
> OSHA SIR `2017099189` · 9/25/2017 · LINDSBORG, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid Kansas Cooperative-Lindsborg
- **Location:** 312 E. Lincoln St., LINDSBORG, KANSAS, 67456
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a plugged dust collector and amputated the left ring fingertip in the metal air lock. The guard was not in place at the time.

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