# Amputations involving bone loss at ABB, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025044057` · 4/30/2025 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** ABB, Inc.
- **Location:** 3000 East Sharon Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45241
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 30, 2025, a field service engineer was working on robots in a cell when the line faulted. The engineer went to unjam the line and the machine caused an amputation to their left index fingertip (about 3/4" total from the fingertip). The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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