# Amputations at CHARLES INDUSTRIES LTD
> OSHA SIR `2020043989` · 4/30/2020 · CANTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CHARLES INDUSTRIES LTD
- **Location:** 1515 MCROBERTS RD, CANTON, MISSOURI, 63435
- **NAICS:** 334210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog of sawdust on the discharge side of a sawdust collection unit when his hand was contacted by the impeller, resulting in an amputation to the left middle finger and hand lacerations.

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