# Amputations involving bone loss at BCS Automotive Equipment Service & Repair, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065245` · 6/3/2025 · SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle Hoists, lifts
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BCS Automotive Equipment Service & Repair, LLC
- **Location:** 124 Pleasant View Avenue, SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, 02917
- **NAICS:** 811118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an automobile lift at a client location and put the lift on a safety lock. The employee's right hand was caught in the lift and crushed, causing the amputation of the little finger at the last knuckle and all of his right fingers were fractured.

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