# Amputations at BLATTNER ENERGY INC
> OSHA SIR `2021021629` · 2/23/2021 · AMES, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** BLATTNER ENERGY INC
- **Location:** 272863 E County Road 52, AMES, OKLAHOMA, 73718
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing bolts from a crane to disconnect the crane from a wind tower. When the crane was being lifted up, the employee's left hand caught on a bolt and was pulled into the bolt, resulting in an amputated thumb and ring finger.

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