# Amputations at Kinsley Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099530` · 9/12/2019 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Kinsley Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 3340 Concord Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17403
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pieces of metal on a shear. The employee's hand was under the hold-down when it actuated, crushing the employee's left thumb and resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.

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