# Amputations at Pacific Hide and Fur Depot
> OSHA SIR `2017054113` · 5/5/2017 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacific Hide and Fur Depot
- **Location:** 2515 East Comstock Road, NAMPA, IDAHO, 83687
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting metals from non-ferrous material with a handheld magnet when his right thumb tip was crushed between the magnet and the metal wall of a bin, amputating part of his nail and soft tissue.

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