# Amputations at Western Industries Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020098877` · 9/18/2020 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Industries Corporation
- **Location:** 2530 S. Southeast Drive, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67216
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a resaw machine and amputated their index fingertip. The index finger was also fractured.

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