# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The J.J. Ryan Corporation Rex Forge Division
> OSHA SIR `2024032492` · 3/20/2024 · PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The J.J. Ryan Corporation Rex Forge Division
- **Location:** 355 Atwater Street, PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06479
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was screwing bolts into the padder of a forging tool when the padder plate caused the shim to buckle, causing the bottom plate to fall on his left middle fingertip and amputate it.

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