# Amputations involving bone loss at Austal USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010757` · 1/24/2024 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoisting accessories  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austal USA, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Austal Way, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tacking a below-the-hook lifting device to a crane pedestal on a large circular foundation. While using a bottle jack to press down on the pedestal, the tacks broke causing the saddle to fall and strike the employee's fingers. The employee's left index finger was amputated.

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