# Amputations at RIPPLE GLASS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010084` · 1/5/2022 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RIPPLE GLASS, LLC
- **Location:** 1642 Crystal Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64126
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear some material in a hopper and braced himself on a rotary airlock when his right index finger contacted the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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