# Amputations involving bone loss at Monitor Manufacturing Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024087959` · 8/27/2024 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Monitor Manufacturing Co.
- **Location:** 1450 West Avenue, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 27, 2024, an employee was conducting maintenance on a machine. They were changing the die on a press when the press came down, resulting in the amputation of two fingers on the employee's right hand.

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