# Amputations at R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015075218` · 7/29/2015 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** R. H. Sheppard Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Rear 447 East Middle Street, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pouring metal from a ladle. As the employee was moving the ladle down the line, the tip of his right index finger got caught between the ladle and the I beam. The employee had about a pencil eraser width of his fingertip amputated.

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