# Amputations at Spears Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023032552` · 3/22/2023 · JEROME, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Spears Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 2152 S Lincoln Ave, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stationed at a surge hopper material silo air cylinder valve in an injection mold department. She noticed that material was not feeding and that the valve was loose. While working on the machine, the valve activated and pinched her right middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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