# Amputations at The Scoular Company
> OSHA SIR `2018088260` · 8/13/2018 · PITTSBURG, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** The Scoular Company
- **Location:** 3708 N. Free Kings Highway, PITTSBURG, KANSAS, 66762
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal dump pit grate when his finger was pinched between the dump pit grate and the dump pit grate housing, causing a laceration and broken bone that resulted in an amputation.

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