# Amputations involving bone loss at True Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2024065775` · 6/27/2024 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power, mechanical, and special process parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
## Employer
- **Name:** True Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 2001 East Terra Lane, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 423740
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fabricating an evaporator fixture. The fixture was sitting on a table and the employee was utilizing a hoist and chain sling hooks to elevate one side of the fixture into position to weld a piece on it. The hoist moved slightly on the bridge trolley, creating slack in the chain that caused one of the legs of the sling to come out of the square tubing. The evaporator fixture came down onto the employee's right ring finger, pinning it against the table. The employee's finger was partially amputated and was later surgically amputated above the knuckle.

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