# Amputations at Pik Rite Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054734` · 5/9/2019 · LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pik Rite Inc.
- **Location:** 60 Pik Rite Lane, LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17837
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shearing a piece of 1/4" thick X 4" wide piece of steel flat bar on an ironworker machine. The employee's gloved, left middle finger was caught between the flat bar and the shear resulting in a fingertip amputation with bone loss.

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