# Amputations at First Energy
> OSHA SIR `2018054609` · 5/11/2018 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** First Energy
- **Location:** 501 Hanson Avenue, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16001
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a vice that was not cranking down, so the employee tried to push down on the side of the vice. The vice let loose and the employee's right pinky was crushed between the anvil side and the mechanical side of the vice. The employee eventually required a medical amputation of the fingertip.

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