# Amputations at KEATING-WILBERT VAULT CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016065489` · 6/21/2016 · SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KEATING-WILBERT VAULT CO., INC.
- **Location:** Mater De La Rosa Cemetery, SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01075
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a concrete lid onto a vault. As he was adjusting its position, his gloved pinky finger was caught between the vault and the lid, amputating his fingertip.

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