# Amputations at Big B Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076330` · 7/17/2023 · CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big B Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC, CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17929
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a cylinder to install a pin. The employee's left index finger was in the borehole to verify alignment when the cylinder shifted, amputating their fingertip.

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