# Amputations at Pittsburgh Job Corp Center
> OSHA SIR `2023032624` · 3/23/2023 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pittsburgh Job Corp Center
- **Location:** 7175 Highland Drive, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15206
- **NAICS:** 611519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 23, 2023, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee in training was removing a pin from the thumb of an excavator when his right middle finger was caught by a moving metal object, 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*