# Amputations at Reed & Reed, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098726` · 9/21/2023 · OLD TOWN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reed & Reed, Inc.
- **Location:** Stillwater Ave Brdige, OLD TOWN, MAINE, 04468
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to move a crane mat when a chain holding the mat dropped. The mat then fell onto the employee's right hand, fracturing the ring finger and amputating the middle finger at the knuckle.

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