# Amputations at Belger Cartage Services
> OSHA SIR `2018010484` · 1/16/2018 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Belger Cartage Services
- **Location:** 5800  E. Pawnee, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67218
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lining up a 200 pound crank arm for a stretch machine when the crank arm slipped catching the employee's fingers between the crank arm and the machine housing crushing the right index and middle fingers, which were later amputated.

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