# Amputations at Otis Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `2018055000` · 5/22/2018 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## 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:** Elevators
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Otis Elevator Company
- **Location:** 6250 Traxxas way, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75070
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting an elevator platform when the rope broke, causing the elevator to fall into the pit. The employee's left index finger was then caught between the elevator platform and the rail (where the elevator moves up and down), resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle.

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