# Amputations at Allen Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2022065347` · 6/20/2022 · NEWVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Allen Distribution
- **Location:** 3455 Ritner Highway, NEWVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17241
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a boom lift, hanging cables. A rope attached to the boom lift's cage got caught in the boom lift's wheels and pinched the employee's right middle finger against the cage. The fingertip was amputated.

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