# Amputations at Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212526` · 12/6/2018 · NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO
## 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:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimble Recycling and Disposal, Inc.
- **Location:** 3409 Crooked Run Road, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO, 44663
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting structural beams on a cart. When it came time to flip the beam with the help of other employees, the beam pinched the injured employee's left index finger between it and the cart causing a partial amputation.

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