# Amputations at WICHITA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098415` · 9/6/2016 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** WICHITA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Inc.
- **Location:** 2020 E. DOUGLAS, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67214
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the rod on a bore machine when a clamp closed on his left hand, amputating his middle fingertip.

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