# Amputations at Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2017065774` · 6/23/2017 · COVINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Containers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd
- **Location:** 800 S. High St., COVINGTON, OHIO, 45318
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal container with a coworker when the coworker slipped, causing the container to move. The employee's right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the metal container and a second container.

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