# Amputations at IPL USA INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171010126` · 10/22/2017 · LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI
## 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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IPL USA INC.
- **Location:** 401 SE Thompson Drive, LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI, 64082
- **NAICS:** 424610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a plastic lid from a conveyor when his right middle finger was caught and amputated in the conveyor.

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