# Amputations involving bone loss at LOREN COOK COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2025010626` · 1/20/2025 · MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** LOREN COOK COMPANY
- **Location:** 501 N George Nigh Expressway, MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA, 74501
- **NAICS:** 333412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was seated at a press brake and was putting strips of steel (2-inches by 2-feet) into a brake press machine. The machine actuated and his right ring finger was crushed between the upper die and the steel material. The finger was amputated through the base of the nailbed.

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