# Amputations at JEFFERSON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020010437` · 1/15/2020 · WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** JEFFERSON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
- **Location:** 6670 STATE ROUTE 29 NE, WEST JEFFERSON, OHIO, 43162
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a parts basket that weighed between 500 and 3,000 pounds when the employee's left pinky finger was caught between the basket and a rack, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation.

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