# Amputations at Central Insulation Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076378` · 7/11/2017 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Windows, openings
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Insulation Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 1301 Western Ave, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45203
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing up from a crouched position and put his left hand on the upper part of a hinged window. While the employee was standing, the hinged window closed on the employee's left ring finger removing the finger nail, skin below the finger nail and a small portion of bone resulting in amputation to that portion of the finger.

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