# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The Pennsylvania State University
> OSHA SIR `2024021484` · 2/16/2024 · STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Gymnasium and exercise equipment
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Pennsylvania State University
- **Location:** 720 Curtin Road, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16801
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was collapsing a basketball hoop for storage. While lowering the shot clock, his right little finger was pinched between the shot clock arm and the backboard support, 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*