# Amputations at Terex Utilities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129460` · 12/14/2015 · HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Terex Utilities, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 Arizona Ave. NW, HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57350
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to lift a 6-inch OD piece of round stock weighing approximately 617 pounds. He reached underneath the load to place a 1-foot block of wood when the load shifted and released from the rigging, landing on his hand. His left index finger was partially amputated to the knuckle.

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