# Amputations at Spirit AeroSystem
> OSHA SIR `2023087378` · 8/13/2023 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Spirit AeroSystem
- **Location:** North Mango Road, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74112
- **NAICS:** 336412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a part into a machine, steadying the part with their left hand and controlling the crane with their right hand. Their left thumb was caught and amputated between the part and the crossbar of the machine.

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