# Amputations involving bone loss at Bickers Metal Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024098989` · 9/25/2024 · MIAMITOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Bickers Metal Products Inc
- **Location:** 5825 Ohio 128, MIAMITOWN, OHIO, 45041
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 25, 2024, an employee was operating an overhead crane when when his left little finger was caught in a chain and severed at the base of the knuckle. The employee's finger was amputated.

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