# Amputations at Haskell Indian Nations University
> OSHA SIR `2022065215` · 6/15/2022 · LAWRENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Haskell Indian Nations University
- **Location:** Home Depot, LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 66046
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Four employees were loading an air compressor in the back of a pickup truck when one employee's left index finger was caught by the air compressor and amputated just above the knuckle.

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