# Amputations involving bone loss at ZTS Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024021201` · 2/8/2024 · TALLMADGE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ZTS Construction LLC
- **Location:** PO Box 90, TALLMADGE, OHIO, 44278
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were lifting and stacking steel panels (for concrete forms) onto a trailer. The panels measured 2 feet by 8 feet. While stacking one panel on top of another, the injured employee's left index finger got caught between the two panels. The employee suffered crush injuries that required an amputation of the finger above the knuckle.

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