# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Arc Erecting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076217` · 7/10/2024 · BENTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  unspecified
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arc Erecting, Inc.
- **Location:** 68 School Drive, BENTON, MAINE, 04901
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shaking out an iron bar. The load shifted and a hook slid on the iron, catching the employee's thumb and amputating the tip.

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