# Amputations involving bone loss at TotalRecycle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021823` · 2/28/2024 · BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** TotalRecycle, Inc.
- **Location:** 1270 Lincoln Road, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking for a loose bolt on a machine. The machine powered on and pinched their hand causing a partial amputation of the right index finger at the first knuckle.

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