# Amputations involving bone loss at Briggs & Stratton LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241111006` · 11/26/2024 · POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Briggs & Stratton LLC
- **Location:** 731 HIGHWAY 142, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put a cylinder machining pallet into manual mode to unjam it. After completing the task, their left hand became lodged between a pulley and belt, resulting in the amputation of three fingers.

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