# Amputations involving bone loss at ABC technologies
> OSHA SIR `2024010790` · 1/25/2024 · BELLEVUE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Hoisting accessories  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ABC technologies
- **Location:** 560 Goodrich Rd, BELLEVUE, OHIO, 44811
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a mold (to be installed in a plastic injection molding machine) to an overhead crane, using a hoist ring mounted on the top of the mold. The hoist ring failed to connect to the hook, moved, and struck the employee's left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

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