# Amputations at QG Printing II Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2018065464` · 6/5/2018 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** QG Printing II Corp.
- **Location:** 594 CAN DO Expressway, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on conduit from the elevated basket of a boom lift. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the elevated basket guardrail and the conduit causing a fingertip amputation.

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