# Amputations involving bone loss at Production Automation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032789` · 3/28/2024 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## 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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Production Automation, Inc.
- **Location:** 2075 EXCHANGE STREET, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36116
- **NAICS:** 333993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a belt sanding machine to put a 45-degree angle on the end of a metal flat-bar (1"W x 24"L x 3/8"T). The flat bar was caught between the tool-rest and the belt, causing the opposite end of the flat bar that the employee was holding to spring back toward the machine. Their left hand struck the belt/machine guard resulting in amputation of 3/4 of their little finger. Their ring finger was also lacerated.

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