# Amputations involving bone loss at HMA Contracting Corp
> OSHA SIR `20241211265` · 12/6/2024 · SCHAGHTICOKE, NEW YORK
## 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  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hydraulic and pressurized cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** HMA Contracting Corp
- **Location:** 535 Brickyard Rd, SCHAGHTICOKE, NEW YORK, 12154
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a bracket and piston on a trailer that was attached to a truck. The employee was holding a hydraulic cylinder, trying to get it to reach the bracket on the trailer but it was approximately 3/4" short. The employee used the hydraulic lever on the side of the trailer to raise the cylinder the needed distance and the cylinder caught their left middle finger between the trailer and the bracket. The employee sustained amputation of the left middle finger.

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