# Amputations at REFRACTORY SPECIALTIES INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2019032424` · 3/6/2019 · SEBRING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another  person
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** REFRACTORY SPECIALTIES INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 230 W. CALIFORNIA AVE., SEBRING, OHIO, 44672
- **NAICS:** 327125
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a tray cart. One of the trays struck a beam and pushed back into his hand, pinching his right middle fingertip against the push handle. The fingertip was amputated.

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