# Amputations at PIONEER FORGE, DIVISION OF POWERS & SONS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010881` · 1/26/2018 · PIONEER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PIONEER FORGE, DIVISION OF POWERS & SONS, LLC
- **Location:** 101 INDUSTRIAL AVENUE, PIONEER, OHIO, 43554
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing steel guide plates when a guide plate fell on his left hand, crushing his third and fourth fingers and resulting in one surgical fingertip amputation.

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