# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Braun Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032342` · 3/15/2024 · VAN WERT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle, machine frame
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Braun Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1181 Grill Road, VAN WERT, OHIO, 45891
- **NAICS:** 336112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 15, 2024, at around 11:00 AM, an employee was lining up holes to put bolts through when the chassis slipped from the jack it was on and crushed his left index finger that was in one of the holes, 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*