# Amputations at ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `20181212753` · 12/12/2018 · COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 1411 LANCASTER AVENUE, COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17512
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shear to trim casting. A spring-operated guard failed, and the employee's right index finger contacted the shear resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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