# Amputations at Great Dane Limited Partnership
> OSHA SIR `2017087592` · 8/9/2017 · DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Dane Limited Partnership
- **Location:** 70 Strick Road, DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17821
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 9, 2017, at approximately 2:50 PM, an employee was operating a jib hoist to lift a rail component (350 lbs.) when his left index finger was pinched between the hoist rigging and the rail. His left index fingertip was amputated.

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