# Amputations at UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017054101` · 5/5/2017 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION
- **Location:** 15607 W. 100TH TERR., LENEXA, KANSAS, 66218
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a press machine when the blade of a rotating wheel amputated his right index finger below the first distal knuckle and lacerated his right middle finger.

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