# Amputations at YASUFUKU USA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021053969` · 5/14/2021 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** YASUFUKU USA, INC.
- **Location:** 3201 N.W. 12TH ST., LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68521
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a re-grind blockage when the rotary valve amputated his right index fingertip.

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