# Crushing injuries at CMC
> OSHA SIR `2023109902` · 10/26/2023 · POLO, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CMC
- **Location:** 6790 SE Yankee Ridge Rd., POLO, MISSOURI, 64671
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rebar bending machine when their finger was caught between a piece of rebar and the bending pin on the machine. Their left index finger was crushed.

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