# Amputations at LABCONCO Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019066179` · 6/19/2019 · FORT SCOTT, 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:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** LABCONCO Corporation
- **Location:** 2500 Liberty Bell Rd, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, 66701
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a drill press with a hole saw bit installed, when the bit caught the employee's glove, pulling the employee's left thumb into the bit and resulting in an amputation (from the middle).

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