# Amputations involving bone loss at Systems Fab and Machine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010006` · 10/28/2024 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Push-pull rams
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Systems Fab and Machine, Inc.
- **Location:** 151 Pickering Dr., EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to place a compression ring in an electric arc furnace using a hydraulic power tool. The employee was checking the high/low position of the ring when the power tool fell on their hand, resulting in an amputation of their left middle finger at the distal joint.

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