# Amputations at SNORKEL
> OSHA SIR `2021087073` · 8/19/2021 · ELWOOD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Strapping
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SNORKEL
- **Location:** 2009 ROSECOURT ROAD, ELWOOD, KANSAS, 66024
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a turntable out of a chassis of a boom. A crane lifting strap broke and hit his left hand, breaking his ring and little fingers. The ring fingertip was medically amputated.

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