# Amputations at Grove U.S. LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212779` · 12/12/2018 · SHADY GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Grove U.S. LLC
- **Location:** 1565 Buchanan Trail East, SHADY GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17256
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee helped a second employee assemble a boom stop, which involved sliding a spring into a tube. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the spring coil and the outer edge of the tube, amputating the fingertip.

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