# Amputations at Lycoming Burial Vault Company, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015074919` · 7/21/2015 · MONTOURSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lycoming Burial Vault Company, Incorporated
- **Location:** 350 Spruce Street, MONTOURSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17754
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead hoist to move a cement bucket.  His finger was between the bucket handle and overhead hoist hook when the hoist was activated. His right index finger was amputated at the first joint.

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