# Amputations at Asset Life Cycle LLC Material Reclamation Facility
> OSHA SIR `2018087844` · 8/1/2018 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asset Life Cycle LLC Material Reclamation Facility
- **Location:** 7215 SW Topeka, Blvd, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66619
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the magnet on a machine's belt when the machine was activated. His hand was then caught in the machine, resulting in his right arm being severed at the shoulder. He was hospitalized.

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