# Amputations at Toshiba America Energy Systems Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020109937` · 10/19/2020 · WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Toshiba America Energy Systems Corporation
- **Location:** 6623 West Washington Street, WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN, 53214
- **NAICS:** 541690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were inspecting the hoist cable on an overhead crane. One employee was operating the crane while the injured employee inspected the hoist cable. The injured employee was feeling the cable while it was moving through his gloved right hand checking for burrs or distortion in the cable when his fingers were caught between the crane cable and the pully of the block. Two fingertips were amputated.

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