# Amputations at CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018077653` · 7/27/2018 · NEW BREMEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 44 S. WASHINGTON ST., NEW BREMEN, OHIO, 45869
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 27, 2018, an employee was working from an elevated basket platform. The platform lowered and contacted the item she was working on. Her thumb was pinched between the basket and the item, resulting in a partial amputation.

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