# Amputations involving bone loss at Fabricated Steel Products
> OSHA SIR `2024021204` · 2/8/2024 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **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:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Fabricated Steel Products
- **Location:** 2487 N. Flannery Rd, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a magnetic drill when a rag was caught by the drill. The employee grabbed the rag and made contact with the drill. His middle finger was amputated at the PIP joint.

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