# Amputations at Zekelman Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054369` · 5/5/2018 · WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Zekelman Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Council Ave., WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 16161
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to lower a coupling box. He was guiding the coupling box onto another coupling box when his right ring finger was caught and amputated between the two coupling boxes.

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