# Amputations at Amarr Company
> OSHA SIR `20181010279` · 10/4/2018 · LAWRENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Amarr Company
- **Location:** 3800 Greenway Circle, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 66046
- **NAICS:** 453930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a new roll of stock material into a slip roller. The employee's left glove was caught between the material and the rolls of the slip roller; the employee's hand was pulled into the machine, suffering amputation of multiple fingers. The machine was guarded 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*