# Amputations at Profile Cabinets
> OSHA SIR `2018088014` · 8/6/2018 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Profile Cabinets
- **Location:** 7400 E 12th St, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64126
- **NAICS:** 337122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a piece of wood through a machine when the employee's right index finger was caught between the wood and the machine's guard, resulting in a finger amputation to the knuckle.

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