# Amputations involving bone loss at Jefferson Industries
> OSHA SIR `2025076758` · 7/12/2025 · WEST JEFFERSON, 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:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Jefferson Industries
- **Location:** 6670 St Rt 29 NE, WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO, 43162
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was helping a forklift operator by holding metal sheets to steady them as they were placed on a rail for feeding to a stamp machine. The operator lowered the forks with the blanks (weighting approximately 750 pounds). The temporary employee's right index finger was caught between the metal and the feeding rail. The finger was crushed and partially amputated through the bone.

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