# Amputations at AFB INTERNATIONAL
> OSHA SIR `2017109802` · 10/11/2017 · AURORA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AFB INTERNATIONAL
- **Location:** 117 MORGAN AVENUE, AURORA, MISSOURI, 65605
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the status of a machine when his left hand entered the airlock, amputating three fingertips.

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