# Amputations involving bone loss at Bragg Crane and Rigging Company
> OSHA SIR `2024032386` · 3/18/2024 · MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bragg Crane and Rigging Company
- **Location:** Space Commerce Way, MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, 32953
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering themselves in the basket hoist to assist with adjusting a shim. The corbel came loose and fell onto the basket hoist catching the employee's left middle finger and amputating it at the first joint.

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