# Amputations at Crayola LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065369` · 6/20/2022 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Crayola LLC
- **Location:** 1100 Church Ln, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18044
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a forklift battery. One of the hoist hooks came unhinged, causing the battery to fall and pinch the employee's index finger and amputated the fingertip.

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