# Amputations at United States Cold Storage
> OSHA SIR `2022076500` · 7/25/2022 · BETHLEHEM, 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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Cold Storage
- **Location:** 15 EMERY STREET, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting push-back rack rollers in a freezer to remove a jam. When he released three of the rollers, the fourth crushed his finger. The tip of his little finger was amputated.

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