# Amputations at Hessian Company LTD
> OSHA SIR `2017021866` · 2/10/2017 · KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hessian Company LTD
- **Location:** 210 Hinterleiter Road, KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19530
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing concrete product from the molds and got a finger pinched between the pulling beam and the pulled concrete product. The employee's left little finger was medically amputated.

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