# Amputations at Magnesita Refractories
> OSHA SIR `20171110761` · 11/8/2017 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Magnesita Refractories
- **Location:** 425 South Salem Church Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17408
- **NAICS:** 327125
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing pallets of bricks on a conveyor when the employee's fingers were pinched between two of the pallets, amputating the left little finger.

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