# Amputations at Matthews International
> OSHA SIR `2019033188` · 3/27/2019 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Matthews International
- **Location:** 1315 West Liberty Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15226
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to change some broken belts on a dust collector when the guard slipped down and lacerated his right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The dust collector was locked out at the time.

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