# Amputations at Advanced Drainage Systems
> OSHA SIR `2015074663` · 7/14/2015 · BUXTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Drainage Systems
- **Location:** 16234 13th Street NE, Suite 2, BUXTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58218
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a product jam from a piece of processing equipment. When the product became free, the employee's hand struck a gear in the equipment resulting in a fracture to the index and little finger. The employee was hospitalized due to a surgical procedure that required the partial amputation of the little fingertip.

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