# Amputations at Mersen USA St. Marys-PA Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015107903` · 10/22/2015 · SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Mersen USA St. Marys-PA Corporation
- **Location:** 1032 Trout Run Road, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping powdered graphite/carbon debris from a drum suspended from a crane by a nylon sling into a hopper on the ground. The employee's left hand was on the hopper as the caked carbon material fell out of the drum and into the hopper causing the hopper to shift.  His hand was caught between the edge of the hopper and the drum resulting in the amputation of the left pinky finger between the first and second knuckle.

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