# Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals
> OSHA SIR `2017088011` · 8/21/2017 · EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Sinter Metals
- **Location:** One Airport Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a scissor lift to raise pipes near the ceiling. His hand was on the rail of the scissor lift when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between a piece of electrical conduit and the scissor lift railing.

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