# Amputations at Mpire Improvements LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109794` · 10/14/2020 · WAKEENEY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** Mpire Improvements LLC
- **Location:** 532 S. 4th Street, WAKEENEY, KANSAS, 67672
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift, programming transmitters for the drive motor of an overhead door. The remote transmitter in his sweatshirt pocket activated the motor. His left index finger was caught in the exposed chains and sprockets, and was amputated at the distal joint.

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