# Amputations at Advanced Industrial Devices
> OSHA SIR `2018032724` · 3/20/2018 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Industrial Devices
- **Location:** 4323 S Elwood, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74107
- **NAICS:** 335210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a 500-pound backpan with a crane when slack in the line caused the backpan to drop. He tried to catch the backpan, which severely injured the middle finger on each hand. His left middle finger had to be surgically amputated.

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