# Amputations involving bone loss at Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024065030` · 6/7/2024 · DANBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 31-35 South St, DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06810
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an I-beam (300 lbs., 9 feet) and set it down. The I-beam amputated his right index fingertip to the first knuckle.

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