# Amputations at Bradken, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088773` · 8/23/2019 · ATCHISON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bradken, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 S. 4th, ATCHISON, KANSAS, 66002
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a "blast car" to transfer a vehicle from the blast room to the staging area. The employee was found beneath the blast car carriage, and required an amputation to the left leg below the knee.

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