# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Sung An Machinery (SAM) North America LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021410` · 2/14/2024 · CLINTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sung An Machinery (SAM) North America LLC
- **Location:** 1801 Gerhart Drive, CLINTON, MISSOURI, 64735
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 14, 2024, two employees were working on initial startup of an exhaust blower on a flexible packaging machine. After the employees partially interconnected duct work on the machine, the blower was started to check the direction of rotation. The injured employee's left hand got caught in a rotating impeller resulting in crush injuries to their left hand that resulted in amputations of the middle, ring, and little fingers.

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