# Amputations at EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
> OSHA SIR `20191011062` · 10/23/2019 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
- **Location:** 7601 NW 107TH TERRACE, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64153
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A contract mechanic was doing maintenance on a baghouse machine. The machine's moving parts amputated the tip of the mechanic's left thumb.

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