# Amputations at Sugar Creek Packing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022065344` · 6/20/2022 · FRONTENAC, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sugar Creek Packing Co.
- **Location:** 1600 W. McKay Street, FRONTENAC, KANSAS, 66763
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an air handling unit to verify the direction of air flow. The employee began to manually advance the fan by pushing and pulling the drive belt when his right middle and ring fingers became caught in the belt and pulley. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the ring finger and a fractured middle finger.

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