# Amputations at PENNLINE SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2020054457` · 5/13/2020 · GIBSONIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** PENNLINE SERVICE
- **Location:** 1683 Middle Road Ext, GIBSONIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15044
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grease gun to grease a wood chipper turret. The chipper was spun, and the employee's right index finger was pinched in a grease outlet hole on the chipper. The fingertip was amputated.

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