# Amputations at PMI Nebraska, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099116` · 9/3/2019 · ELM CREEK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** PMI Nebraska, LLC
- **Location:** 4270 Turkey Creek Rd, ELM CREEK, NEBRASKA, 68836
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a steel to block up a conveyor. The conveyor was being raised with a chain fall. It shifted and pinched the employee's left index fingertip, causing an amputation.

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