# Amputations at Matcor Metal Fabrication, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032539` · 3/21/2023 · INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Matcor Metal Fabrication, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 West Laurel St., INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, 67301
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flattening tilt hoods in a flattener. His left ring finger was in a hole in the part to position the part to feed into the tilt hood machine. While pushing the part through, his left ring finger was amputated at the first joint.

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