# Amputations involving bone loss at Master-Halco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010644` · 1/22/2024 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Master-Halco, Inc.
- **Location:** 304 WYANOKE RD., WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72301
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing a full stand of wire spooling and replacing it with an empty stand. As the injured employee was installing the retaining cap on top of the empty spool, it fell and amputated his right ring fingertip.

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