# Amputations at Ernest Maier Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023053896` · 5/1/2023 · MILLSBORO, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Ernest Maier Inc.
- **Location:** 30234 Millsboro Highway, MILLSBORO, DELAWARE, 19966
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually making special-sized concrete lintels. He was sliding a C-channel lintel mold down the table he was working on. (The C-channel was 8-inches tall by 20-feet long and weighed about 300 pounds.) The C-channel slipped, tilted, and pinched his left ring fingertip, causing an amputation.

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