# Amputations involving bone loss at Mueller, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087809` · 8/7/2025 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller, Inc.
- **Location:** 4625 Farn to Market 18, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79602
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 7, 2025, employees were using forklift forks to move a single-wheel slitter so they could inspect a broken leg on it. While they were sliding the slitter off the forks, it fell, trapping an employee s left ring finger against the concrete. The employee suffered a severe avulsion to the finger, which was then medically amputated at the knuckle.

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