# Amputations at Kaiser Aluminum & Fabricated Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087322` · 8/17/2022 · SHERMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kaiser Aluminum & Fabricated Products, LLC
- **Location:** 4300 Highway 75 South, SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75090
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to hook into an eyelet. As the crane was being lowered, the upper block of the crane fell and amputated the employee's left index fingertip.

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