# Amputations at Rite Hite
> OSHA SIR `2021031862` · 3/1/2021 · HORN LAKE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Rite Hite
- **Location:** 601 Expressway Drive, HORN LAKE, MISSISSIPPI, 38637
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lip weld robot. When the robot began to cycle, a shim fell off the lug. As he was retrieving the shim, the robot cycled and pinched his left index finger between the lip plate and the lug. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

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