# Amputations involving bone loss at LEITNER-POMA OF AMERICA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024065764` · 6/27/2024 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## 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:** Brake assemblies
- **Secondary source:** Tables, desks, work surfaces
## Employer
- **Name:** LEITNER-POMA OF AMERICA, INC.
- **Location:** 2746 SEEBER DRIVE, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81506
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a large U-shaped component (bull wheel brake) for painting. The component was positioned on two steel saw horses. The employee was chocking the component when it shifted and pivoted down quickly, pinching their left little finger between the saw horse and the component and resulting in the amputation of the finger to the nail bed.

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