# Amputations at VAUGHN INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `20181111969` · 11/20/2018 · EAST LIBERTY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VAUGHN INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 11000 OH 347, EAST LIBERTY, OHIO, 43319
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an aerial basket, monitoring an operation. The employee's fingers were caught between a demolished pipe and another pipe, causing amputations to the left middle and ring fingers.

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