# Amputations involving bone loss at THE AUSTIN COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024098763` · 9/19/2024 · JACKSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Battery charging equipment
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** THE AUSTIN COMPANY
- **Location:** 1 Sysco Drive, JACKSON, WISCONSIN, 53037
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a forklift charger with his left hand and dropped it onto his right hand, pinching his right index finger between the charger and the forklift frame. One quarter inch of the finger was amputated.

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