# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Exponential Power, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032312` · 3/14/2024 · LEXINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Wheeled containers, material moving equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Battery charging equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Exponential Power, Inc.
- **Location:** Internet Substation, LEXINGTON, OHIO, 44904
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 14, 2024, an employee was using a stair climber to remove a large battery charger to ground level. While moving up the stairs, the climber machine gave out and he lost control of the charger. The employee's left middle finger got caught between one of the stairs and the charger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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