# Amputations at Spirit Aerosystems
> OSHA SIR `2016065314` · 6/15/2016 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Drills-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Spirit Aerosystems
- **Location:** 3801 S. Oliver, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67210
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pneumatic hand drill when the drill bit caught the employee's left gloved hand and amputated the left index fingertip.

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