# Amputations at Helgesen Industries
> OSHA SIR `20181011135` · 10/29/2018 · HARTFORD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists-manual
## Employer
- **Name:** Helgesen Industries
- **Location:** 1055 West Sumner Street, HARTFORD, WISCONSIN, 53027
- **NAICS:** 999999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a hydraulic tank using a manual bridge hoist when his left pinky fingertip was caught between the clasping hook and the eye bolt, resulting in the removal of a small piece of his pinky finger pad.

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