# Amputations at Dematic Corp
> OSHA SIR `2020054731` · 5/21/2020 · LOCKBOURNE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Dematic Corp
- **Location:** 6301 Lasalle Drive, LOCKBOURNE, OHIO, 43137
- **NAICS:** 453310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a tagline of an elevated load (conveyor bed) during an installation. As the load was lifted, the tagline became twisted around the employee's thumb. As the load moved, the rope caused an open wound to the right thumb that resulted in a thumb tip amputation.

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