As a safety and health professional, there will inevitably be those trying times when you must counsel a worker who has lost a finger, multiple fingers, a hand, or an entire arm to a work-related injury.
As a non-medical professional, you are limited in what help you can provide. Simply being there for the amputee, visiting him or her in the hospital and later at home, is a comfort. Simply listening with compassion and few words on your part also can help.