# Amputations at ICU Medical
> OSHA SIR `2023098765` · 9/22/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ICU Medical
- **Location:** 3900 W Howard Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an extruder line when they observed that the purge was not coming out the other end. The employee was checking the feed throat for a clog when the auger caught their left fingers, resulting in amputations to their ring and middle fingers.

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