# Amputations at Kuhn Krause Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087833` · 8/24/2023 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kuhn Krause Inc.
- **Location:** 305 South Monroe, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67504
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raising a part up to remove it from a pallet when the part became hung up on the pallet. It shifted, causing the arm to swing up and crush his right middle finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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