# Amputations at Janesville Acoustics
> OSHA SIR `2015097203` · 9/30/2015 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Janesville Acoustics
- **Location:** 221 Fabritek Drive, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39702
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a lapper machine when its vacuum hose clogged. He turned the machine off, opened the doors, and attempted to unclog it. His hand got caught in the machine and was crushed, resulting in a hand amputation.

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