# Amputations at Reitnouer
> OSHA SIR `2019010605` · 1/17/2019 · BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Reitnouer
- **Location:** 5 East Pointe Driver, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an under-trailer storage box when he tripped on a trailer. He fell backwards and the storage box fell onto him, landing on his left hand. It smashed his left index finger, causing an amputation.

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