# Amputations at Royal Green, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015040137` · 4/25/2015 · TEMPLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Liftgates
## Employer
- **Name:** Royal Green, LLC
- **Location:** 30 West Huller Lane, TEMPLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19560
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a customer unload scrap metal at the scrap metal facility in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, when the employee's finger got caught between the tailgate. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation just below the nail; there was no nerve damage, and the fingertip could not be reattached. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

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