# Amputations at CQT Kennedy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022109237` · 10/21/2022 · VAN WERT, OHIO
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CQT Kennedy, LLC
- **Location:** 1260 Industrial Drive, VAN WERT, OHIO, 45891
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 5:12 a.m. on October 21, 2022, an employee was working with a part revolution press to make drawer re-enforcements. The machine cycled and the ram came down on the employee's hands, crushing and amputating four fingers on each hand.

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