# Amputations at Lauren Acquisition Company
> OSHA SIR `2018077034` · 7/12/2018 · KENT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Lauren Acquisition Company
- **Location:** 4211 Karg Industrial Parkway, KENT, OHIO, 44240
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 12, 2018, an employee was helping to move a 30-foot rinse tank with a castor frame from storage to an operations facility when the top housing of the rinse tank shifted and came down on the frame and the employee's right hand. The employee sustained a right pinky fingertip amputation.

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