# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Flint Hills Resources - West Plant
> OSHA SIR `2024109767` · 10/21/2024 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Cranes  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flint Hills Resources - West Plant
- **Location:** 2825 Suntide Rd, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78409
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a crane and reconfiguring the articulating boom head. The employee manually lifted the boom to pivot and pin it into a different position when their left index finger was pinched between the crane and the sheave. The employee suffered a fractured finger that required a surgical partial amputation.

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