# Amputations at Western Industries Plastic Products L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2022021550` · 2/17/2022 · WINFIELD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Industries Plastic Products L.L.C.
- **Location:** 7727 First Avenue Strother Field Industrial Park, WINFIELD, KANSAS, 67156
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up an extrusion molding machine. The machine caught the employee's glove and pulled it in, then amputated the tips of the employee's right index and middle fingers.

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