# Amputations at Knit-Rite, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109490` · 10/3/2017 · KANSAS CITY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Knitting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Knit-Rite, Inc.
- **Location:** 120 Osage Avenue, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66105
- **NAICS:** 313312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the yarn on a flat bed knitting machine when his body hit the start-up bar, causing the carriage to quickly move and amputate his left thumb.

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