# Amputations at ZL Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2017109694` · 10/9/2017 · 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:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** ZL Plastics
- **Location:** 10908 Strang Line Rd, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean the head of a router machine when the blade amputated his left index finger and broke his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time.

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