# Amputations at Airxcel Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018022029` · 2/28/2018 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Airxcel Inc
- **Location:** 3050 N St Francis St, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67219
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a tube bender machine to bend copper piping when she attempted to adjust a mis-feed. The machine then clamped down on her left index finger, amputating her fingertip.

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