# Amputations at CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021065150` · 6/24/2021 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- **Location:** 800 MANOR PARK DRIVE, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hoisting material onto a rack when the hoist's mandrel became caught on the rack. The employee thought the material was in place and was attempting to unhook the chain from the hoist when their left index finger became caught in the lifting chain/hook, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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