# Amputations at NMC Equipment Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023064993` · 6/6/2023 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Mallets
## Employer
- **Name:** NMC Equipment Services LLC
- **Location:** 11002 Sapp Brothers Drive, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68138
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a plate on the side of a transmission. While holding the plate in place with their left hand, the employee went to seat the plate by hitting it with a rubber mallet. His left middle finger was struck by the mallet resulting in partial amputation of the finger. The fingertip was reattached.

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