# Amputations at Lehigh Cement Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019033158` · 3/26/2019 · MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lehigh Cement Company, LLC
- **Location:** 8282 Middlebranch Rd., MIDDLEBRANCH, OHIO, 44652
- **NAICS:** 327310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear cement from a cement silo knife gate. The gate closed on his left hand, amputating the tip of his little finger.

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