# Amputations involving bone loss at O'Brien Steel Service Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024010876` · 1/29/2024 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Steel Service Co.
- **Location:** 1700 NE Adams Street, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61603
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a belt grinder/sander to remove slag from the edges of a steel part when the sanding belt contacted the employee's right ring finger and sanded through their protective gloves. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the distal joint and was hospitalized.

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