# Amputations at Lawrence Energy Center/Evergy
> OSHA SIR `2020054807` · 5/23/2020 · LAWRENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chutes
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lawrence Energy Center/Evergy
- **Location:** 1250 N 1800 Rd, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 66049
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening an inspection door to clean inside a coal chute when his left middle finger was pinched between the door and the piping next to it, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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