# Amputations involving bone loss at Spears Caney Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024021332` · 2/12/2024 · CANEY, 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  unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Spears Caney Inc
- **Location:** 1609 CR 1900, CANEY, KANSAS, 67333
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a computer numerical control (CNC) machine in a machine shop. As they were blowing metal shavings off a drill bit, the machine's tool changer cycled and crushed their left ring finger, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle. Interlocks and doors were not installed on the machine 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*