# Amputations at Leggett and Platt
> OSHA SIR `2021064799` · 6/13/2021 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Leggett and Platt
- **Location:** 1225 East Central Avenue, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wire drawing machine when their glove was caught and drawn into the machine. The employee sustained partial amputations to their left ring and middle fingers.

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