# Amputations involving bone loss at TR Toppers
> OSHA SIR `2024010015` · 1/2/2024 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fan and turbine parts
## Employer
- **Name:** TR Toppers
- **Location:** 320 Fairchild, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81001
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were working on a dust collector that was shut down. The system was turned back on and the impeller of the airlock system contacted the injured employee's right hand, resulting in four finger amputations.

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