# Amputations at NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181010123` · 10/1/2018 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY
- **Location:** 1320 N Alliance Ave, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scraping mud off the inside of a negative paste mixer. The employee's right arm came into contact with vertical mixing blades within the machine, causing amputation of the hand and part of the arm.

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