# Amputations involving bone loss at Befesa Zinc US Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054538` · 5/14/2025 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
- **Secondary source:** Striking and nailing handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Befesa Zinc US Inc.
- **Location:** 2701 East 114th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60617
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 14, 2025, an employee was sitting cross-legged and removing a pneumatic rail car vibrator from its bracket to empty the next pocket in the rail car. When the employee went to set the vibrator down, he placed it on a hammer that was sitting in front of him and the vibrator teetered to the side, catching his little finger. The employee sustained an amputated fingertip at the first knuckle.

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