# Amputations involving bone loss at ARIZON COMPANIES
> OSHA SIR `2024021130` · 2/6/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ARIZON COMPANIES
- **Location:** 2100 Walton Rd., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63114
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was working with another employee on a brake press. He was adjusting material in the press when the press activated and caught his fingers, crushing them. He suffered a finger amputation and was hospitalized. The incident occurred during a training activity.

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