# Amputations at Konecranes, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065340` · 6/12/2017 · HORICON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Konecranes, Inc.
- **Location:** Metals USA, HORICON, WISCONSIN, 53032
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to remove a hook/bottom block from an under-the-hook lifting device when the crane hook latch partially amputated the employee's right thumb.

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