# Amputations at Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023010280` · 1/10/2023 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, INC.
- **Location:** 8450 Broadwell Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45244
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the dust collection barrel of a dust collector. As the employee's right hand was near the machine's auger, the auger activated and contacted their index, middle, and ring fingers, resulting in amputations to the second knuckle.

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