# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Westlake Pipe and Fittings
> OSHA SIR `2024032482` · 3/19/2024 · MCPHERSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Bending, crimping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Westlake Pipe and Fittings
- **Location:** 500 West 1st Street, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67460
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a mandrel from a socketing machine line when their right hand became caught between the mandrel and the stripper plate, partially amputating their middle, ring, and little fingers. The machine was energized at the time.

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