# Amputations at CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023076933` · 7/31/2023 · NEW BREMEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 44 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET, NEW BREMEN, OHIO, 45869
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training another employee on a hoist and heavy assembly operations for powered industrial vehicle manufacturing. One employee was lowering the power unit down when the injured employee's hand was caught and pinched between the power unit and a stationary piece of equipment. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated.

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