# Amputations at NLMK Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `2017098718` · 9/11/2017 · FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NLMK Pennsylvania
- **Location:** 15 Roemer Blvd., FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16121
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were using a portable hydraulic press to remove a part from a machine during maintenance operations. The portable hydraulic press weighs 40 to 50 pounds and is about half the size of a coffee can. The portable press disengaged during operation and fell off the machine, striking and amputating the injured employee's left pinky finger.

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