# Amputations at Acme Foundry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054708` · 5/21/2020 · COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Acme Foundry Inc.
- **Location:** 1502 Spruce St, COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, 67337
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was knocking risers off of castings using a sledge hammer. As he was swinging the sledge hammer, his left index finger was smashed between the sledge hammer handle and a part of the casting. The injury resulted in a soft tissue defect with an amputation at the distal aspect of the left index finger (no bone loss).

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