# Amputations at HARLOW AEROSTRUCTURES LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010892` · 1/26/2016 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HARLOW AEROSTRUCTURES LLC
- **Location:** 1501 MCLEAN BLVD S., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67213
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were working on a machine's tool changer because it would not drop a tool. The coworker pushed the machine buttons while the employee's hand was in the tool changer, partially amputating his left thumb and pinky.

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