# Amputations involving bone loss at Smith-Blair, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241211090` · 12/2/2024 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Lathes
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith-Blair, Inc.
- **Location:** 30 Globe Avenue, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a lathe when it started running. The employee sustained an amputation of their right index fingertip at the first knuckle.

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