# Amputations at Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021434` · 2/13/2017 · MEHOOPANY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Route 87 Box 32, MEHOOPANY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18629
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove steel plates from a case packing machine that was held in position by two bolts. After the employee removed the top bolt and loosened the bottom one, the plate swung down and struck the employee's left hand, partially amputating the left thumb.

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