# Amputations at Novinger's Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043457` · 4/21/2022 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Novinger's Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 North Cameron Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17103
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing a piece of steel into a dumpster. His thumb was pinched between the dumpster and the piece of steel, and the top of the thumb was amputated.

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