# Amputations at WATSON METAL MASTERS
> OSHA SIR `2017010945` · 1/30/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** WATSON METAL MASTERS
- **Location:** 6800 W STAINLESS WAY, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a coping grinder to grind a piece of flat bar. The flat bar gave way and the employee's hand was caught in the machine amputating the left little finger to the second knuckle.

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