# Amputations involving bone loss at Crystal Finishing Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054061` · 5/8/2024 · MOSINEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Crystal Finishing Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 880 South View Drive, MOSINEE, WISCONSIN, 54455
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 8, 2024, at approximately 2:30 AM, two team members were retrieving a plate that popped out of the head puller/stretcher of an extrusion press and were putting it back into place using a crowbar and a small piece of aluminum. When the plate shifted back into place, the injured employee's right index finger was pinched under the plate and amputated.

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