# Amputations at Mid-Ohio Pipeline Services
> OSHA SIR `2016054317` · 5/17/2016 · CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-Ohio Pipeline Services
- **Location:** Mark West Energy, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15317
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unattach the hook from a lifting "eye" on the top of a compressor after it was moved when his pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the hook and the "eye."

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