# Amputations involving bone loss at Crown Equipment Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025043587` · 4/17/2025 · WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Crown Equipment Corporation
- **Location:** 100 1st Ave., WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02451
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the drive tire on a standup forklift. He used a hydraulic jack to lift the forklift and remove the worn tire. While installing the new tire, the forklift came off the jack and pinned his left hand under the drive tire. The employee sustained a broken left hand and required surgical amputation of the little finger.

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