# Amputations at Schenck Process LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087429` · 8/22/2022 · SABETHA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Schenck Process LLC
- **Location:** 810 Old Hwy 75, SABETHA, KANSAS, 66534
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling an airlock. When he turned a rotor, the two middle fingers of his left hand were pinched between its blades. The fingertips were amputated.

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