# Amputations at Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20181213245` · 12/28/2018 · KINGMAN, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, LLC.
- **Location:** 701 E. A Ave., KINGMAN, KANSAS, 67068
- **NAICS:** 314991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking/standing and waiting for instructions on the floor next to a machine, when his right hand became entangled by the fiber and the machine. The middle finger was amputated.

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