# Amputations at Quality Metal Works Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076157` · 7/8/2016 · COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Metal Works Inc.
- **Location:** Colonial Metals Company Inc, COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17512
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were manually re-installing a conveyor belt chain. The coworker was using a come-along to pull the chain when the chain jumped and pinched the employee's left pinky finger, partially amputating the fingertip.

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