# Amputations at Tempur Sealy International
> OSHA SIR `2022032331` · 3/15/2022 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sewing, stitching machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tempur Sealy International
- **Location:** 435 Riverpark Dr., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66105
- **NAICS:** 337910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 6:30 p.m. on March 15, 2022, an employee was using a vertical sewing machine to work on the border of a mattress. The machine jammed, and the employee was trying to clear it when their hand slipped into the machine. The chop blade activated and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingertips between the nail and the first knuckle.

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