# Amputations involving bone loss at KanPak Golden State foods
> OSHA SIR `2024054746` · 5/30/2024 · ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Other hammers, mallets
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** KanPak Golden State foods
- **Location:** 1016 S. SUMMIT ST., ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 67005
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering a ratchet with a rubber mallet to torque the nuts on the homogenizer when his little finger was struck by the hammer resulting in amputation of the finger.

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