# Amputations at HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019044312` · 4/29/2019 · ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 1520 HIGHWAY 11 SOUTH, ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39437
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a unit on a skid with a crane when his finger was caught between two units (transformers) causing a partial amputation to his right pinky finger.

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