# Amputations involving bone loss at Dimension-Polyant, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110295` · 11/5/2024 · PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** Dimension-Polyant, Inc.
- **Location:** 78 Highland Drive, PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT, 06260
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 5, 2024, an employee was working on a lamination line. He had removed a slot assembly from a coating station, placed it into a portable slot cleaning tank, and rolled the cart with the assembly out of the cleaning tank. He hit the door of the coating station, and the slot assembly fell from the cart and crushed his little finger. He suffered an amputation above the first knuckle.

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