# Amputations involving bone loss at Menards Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20241010160` · 10/31/2024 · VALLEY, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Drills, braces, drivers
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Menards Distribution Center
- **Location:** 4801 North 264th St., VALLEY, NEBRASKA, 68064
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished unloading a train car and was using a drill to operate a winch attached to the cables that secure the load while in transit. Their right glove was caught by the drill bit and the employee sustained amputations of their little finger at the second knuckle and their ring finger just below the nail.

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