# Amputations involving bone loss at Harper Trucks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010158` · 10/31/2024 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Harper Trucks, Inc.
- **Location:** 1522 S. Florence, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67209
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A tooling technician was changing a drill on a drill machine. As he reached into the machine to begin the process, the slide was activated, causing an amputation to his left middle fingertip just before the first joint.

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