# Amputations at Heatron Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112183` · 11/28/2018 · LEAVENWORTH, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Heatron Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Commercial, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, 66048
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine. The belts and pulleys caught the employee's left hand, causing a partial amputation of the middle finger. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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