# Amputations involving bone loss at Probst Electric
> OSHA SIR `2024109182` · 10/1/2024 · SUN VALLEY, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gripping and turning handtools  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Probst Electric
- **Location:** Elk Horn Rd, SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, 83353
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 1, 2024, an employee was using a handheld electric crimping tool to connect two ends of a ground wire inside a switch cabinet. The employee's finger became caught in the crimping tool when it closed. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a complete transphalangeal amputation of their right middle finger.

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