# Amputations involving bone loss at FLSmidth, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110481` · 11/10/2024 · POST FALLS, IDAHO
## 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:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** FLSmidth, Inc.
- **Location:** 16168 W Prairie Ave, POST FALLS, IDAHO, 83854
- **NAICS:** 331314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was machining a trunnion using a grinding rig when their left hand was caught between the grinding stone and the trunnion, resulting in fractures to the middle, ring, and little fingers, as well as severe damage to the skin and amputations of the middle and ring fingers to the distal knuckle.

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