# Amputations involving bone loss at Keith Weighing Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110193` · 11/1/2024 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Keith Weighing Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 13006 E. State Hwy 115, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 811219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a truck scale and lowering a module when the injured employee's right ring finger was caught between the module and a side rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the finger to the first knuckle.

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