# Amputations at Rubbermaid Commercial LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109406` · 10/3/2020 · WINFIELD, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Rubbermaid Commercial LLC
- **Location:** 3415 E 12th Ave, WINFIELD, KANSAS, 67156
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unclog a grinder's airlock. Metal paddles inside the airlock caught the employee's right index finger and thumb, amputating the finger right under the top knuckle and the thumb right above the top knuckle.

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