# Amputations at thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp
> OSHA SIR `2021021029` · 2/4/2021 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp
- **Location:** 5925 Tilghman Street Ste. 100, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18104
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a gearless machine when their left ring finger was pinched by the machine block, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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