# Amputations at Kalmbach Feed, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109067` · 10/17/2022 · SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vacuum cleaners
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Kalmbach Feed, Inc.
- **Location:** 908 Mount Rock Road, SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17257
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across the parking lot with a central vacuum system when their leather glove was caught in the air lock. The metal fan amputated the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers.

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