# Amputations involving bone loss at Rust-Oleum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024053803` · 5/1/2024 · PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Springs, coils
## Employer
- **Name:** Rust-Oleum Corporation
- **Location:** 8105 95TH STREET, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53158
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a spray can fill process when a spring with stored energy released, pinching their right index finger and resulting in an amputation of the finger to the second knuckle. The machine was deenergized.

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