# Amputations at CONGOLEUM CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017021882` · 2/24/2017 · TRAINER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** CONGOLEUM CORPORATION
- **Location:** 4401 RIDGE ROAD, TRAINER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19061
- **NAICS:** 326192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a cylinder from its rack to a cylinder cart. As he was holding the cart's locking arm, his gloved left index fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between the locking arm and the resting block.

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