# Amputations at 3M Tonawanda
> OSHA SIR `2022010892` · 1/30/2022 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** 3M Tonawanda
- **Location:** 305 SAWYER AVENUE, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raising a flat metal salt platen out of a cracking hopper using a hoist hook when the platen came off the hoist hook, fell, and landed on the employee's hand. The employee suffered crush injuries to their index and middle fingers, resulting in amputation of the index finger.

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