# Amputations at American Protein Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023098543` · 9/15/2023 · SUBLETTE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Protein Corporation
- **Location:** 1197 U.S. Hwy 83, SUBLETTE, KANSAS, 67877
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming powder in the chute of a machine when the airlock inside the chute actuated and amputated their right index, middle, and ring fingertips.

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