# Amputations at M. O'Herron Company
> OSHA SIR `2015063907` · 6/19/2015 · CASTLE SHANNON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** M. O'Herron Company
- **Location:** Castle Shannon Boulevard, CASTLE SHANNON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15234
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left index fingertip was amputated when it got pinched between a road plate while rigging the plate to a backhoe bucket with a lift chain.

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