# Amputations at Shasta Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015086164` · 8/26/2015 · ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shasta Incorporated
- **Location:** 300 Steel Street, ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15001
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the exit guard on the bar peeler machine.  The top hinge of the guard fell and caught the tip of the employee's finger between the guard and the machine.  The tip of the employee's right index finger was amputated.  The employee was not hospitalized.

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