# Amputations at Kaneka North America, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032843` · 3/23/2018 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Kaneka North America, LLC.
- **Location:** 6161 Underwood Rd, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a screw conveyor and when he lifted a lid to clean underneath it , the conveyor pinched his left-hand fingertips. His index, middle, and ring fingertips were medically amputated. The conveyor was in motion 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*