# Amputations at Staiman Recycling Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017099046` · 9/21/2017 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Staiman Recycling Corporation
- **Location:** 201 Hepburn Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting off different metal parts on a pipe using an 18-inch shear when the employee's left pinky finger became caught between the two blades, amputating it just below the first knuckle.

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