# Amputations involving bone loss at Precision Communications Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025066276` · 6/30/2025 · COLDEN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Precision Communications Inc
- **Location:** 8242 Center Road, COLDEN, NEW YORK, 14033
- **NAICS:** 811213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hoist and receiving the rope as it came into the hoist. Tape on a rope splice caught her glove and pulled her right hand into the capstan. The employee sustained crushing injuries resulting in amputations of the ring and little fingertips to the first knuckle.

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