# Amputations at Crothall Health Care Services
> OSHA SIR `2017032910` · 3/17/2017 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fire extinguishers
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Crothall Health Care Services
- **Location:** 1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending to pick up a broom that was laying on the floor against the wall in the linen department when a fire extinguisher fell off the wall and landed on his right thumb. His thumb was amputated from just below the thumbnail up.

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