# Amputations at Spirit Aerosystems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015041643` · 4/1/2015 · WICHITA, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Spirit Aerosystems Inc.
- **Location:** 3801 S. Oliver, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67214
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tried to remove a piece of tape on the housing of a Quackenbush drill he was operating. While reaching around to do so, he became caught in the moving shaft and lost approximately 1/2 inch of his left ring finger.

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