# Amputations at RMS Cranes, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020010811` · 1/24/2020 · LOUISVILLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RMS Cranes, LLC
- **Location:** 183 Taylor Ave, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, 80027
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was applying aerosol lubricant to a crane boom hoist. The employee's left index finger was caught between the boom hoist rope and the fleeting sheave and was partially amputated.

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