# Amputations involving bone loss at Crocs Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2025065182` · 6/2/2025 · VANDALIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Crocs Distribution Center
- **Location:** 10391 Dog Leg Rd, VANDALIA, OHIO, 45377
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a battery extractor for a powered industrial truck and was grabbing the battery when the mass from the extractor pushed back. His right middle fingertip was pinched between the battery and the extractor resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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