# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Stone Center Cincinnati
> OSHA SIR `2024076191` · 7/10/2024 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Stone Center Cincinnati
- **Location:** 4820 Stafford Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45227
- **NAICS:** 327991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift was stuck in mud in the stone yard. The injured employee was attaching a chain to a skid steer so it could tow the forklift out of the mud. The chain was pulled, causing it to tighten on the employee's hand and resulting in amputation of their left thumb tip.

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