# Amputations at The Wilbert Group
> OSHA SIR `2023087343` · 8/11/2023 · GIRARD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Wilbert Group
- **Location:** 432 Noble Road, GIRARD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16417
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a handheld banding tool to make banding tape for tent set-ups. One employee was holding the banding tool and the injured employee was looping a metal clip around the tape. The tool closed while the injured employee's hand was near the banding mechanism. The banding tape caught the employee's right ring finger as it tightened, resulting in a partial amputation.

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