# Amputations at FOREST CITY ERECTORS
> OSHA SIR `2015074588` · 7/13/2015 · TWINSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** FOREST CITY ERECTORS
- **Location:** 8200 BOYLE PARKWAY, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with an impact hammer when the bit got stuck. The employee twisted the hammer to loosen it and got his right hand ring finger caught between the hammer and the scaffold rail. The employee freed his hand, but his glove got caught tearing skin from his fingertip.

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