# Amputations at BLOX, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018054805` · 5/17/2018 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BLOX, LLC
- **Location:** 2625 5th Avenue Morth, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near a crane helping to install unit carts when the employee grabbed the steel cable of the hook sheave, resulting in a left pinky finger amputation. The crane was operating at the time.

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