# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Markey's
> OSHA SIR `2025043677` · 4/21/2025 · UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Markey's
- **Location:** 3300 Big Bend BLVD, UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, 63130
- **NAICS:** 561920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chain hoist to lift a lighting rig. The motor was phased inverted and caught the glove on his left hand in the chain, crushing his middle finger and amputating the fingertip. The employee required surgery.

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