# Amputations involving bone loss at Vic's Crane & Heavy Haul Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024065434` · 6/19/2024 · HANOVER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** Vic's Crane & Heavy Haul Inc
- **Location:** W. Race St., HANOVER, WISCONSIN, 53542
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were changing out the forks to a picker attachment/device on a hydraulic forklift. Debris was stuck in the side mast holes that are for the locking pins. The injured employee cleared debris from the left side and then moved to the right side. The locking pin extended while the employee was clearing the debris, resulting in a left index finger amputation.

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