# Amputations involving bone loss at TMS International
> OSHA SIR `2024065516` · 6/21/2024 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Rollers, cylinders
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, cherry picker
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International
- **Location:** 2911 East Nucor Road, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a service boom truck to assist in removing a bell crank on the front of a heavy duty pay loader. The employee attempted to unhook the cylinder from the bell crank with the boom truck when the lifting sling holding the cylinder moved, causing the employee's gloved fingers to be pinched between the bell crank and cylinder eye. The employee's middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.

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