# Amputations at Hupp-Stiverson Co.
> OSHA SIR `20161212027` · 12/28/2016 · GAHANNA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hupp-Stiverson Co.
- **Location:** Mifflin Township Cemetery, GAHANNA, OHIO, 43230
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting ready to hook up to the dome while using the vault cart. The employee's left thumb was caught in the vault cart winch and the end of his thumb was amputated.

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