# Amputations at Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098471` · 9/13/2023 · RENO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Joy Global Underground Mining LLC
- **Location:** 1425 Allegheny Blvd, RENO, PENNSYLVANIA, 16343
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a ripper conveyor chain. A chain consists of treads and an overhead crane is utilized to connect treads together. While placing a link in the chain assembly, a tread slipped and caught/pinched the employee s left hand/middle finger. They suffered a partial finger amputation without bone loss.

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