# Amputations at G. Ritsick & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054159` · 5/4/2020 · LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** G. Ritsick & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** Pocono Organics, LONG POND, PENNSYLVANIA, 18334
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping out of a scissor lift when his left ring finger got caught in the metal wire/pins of the scissor lift gate. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

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