# Amputations at Behlen Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2020088144` · 8/27/2020 · COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Behlen Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 4025 E 23rd, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, 68602
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left hand was caught in a rolling mill. Two-thirds of the employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated.

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