# Amputations at BWC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021032715` · 3/31/2021 · SAYLORSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BWC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- **Location:** 2057 KUNKLETOWN ROAD, SAYLORSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 18353
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A heavy work piece fell out of a machine lathe while it was being lifted out with a crane. It fell and crushed a finger on the lathe operator's hand. The finger was later amputated.

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