# Amputations at Teinert Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021206` · 2/7/2023 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Teinert Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 5221 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an overhead bridge crane using a boom lift. When maneuvering the boom lift in position between the crane girders, the employee's hand that was resting on the basket was caught against the crane. The employee sustained an amputation of half an inch of his little finger.

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