# Amputations involving bone loss at Koch & Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010841` · 1/27/2024 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## 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:** Boring, planing, milling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch & Company Inc.
- **Location:** 1050 SE Republican Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
- **NAICS:** 336310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding boards into a six-head molder. The employee opened the machine to clear a small piece of wood, and their right index finger contacted a moving blade. The finger was amputated at the lower knuckle. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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