# Amputations at Aspen Products
> OSHA SIR `2021075614` · 7/9/2021 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Aspen Products
- **Location:** 4231 Clary Blvd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64130
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a plate machine. There was tape inside the machine and the employee tried to pull it out. The employee's finger was caught in the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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