# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at The Pennsylvania State University
> OSHA SIR `2024064885` · 6/3/2024 · UNIVERSITY PARK, 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:** Livestock-related machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cattle, bovines
## Employer
- **Name:** The Pennsylvania State University
- **Location:** Park Avenue, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16802
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a cow into a headlock stall when the cow moved and caused the headlock to engage. The employee's finger was pinched between the headlock and the metal structure, and they sustained an amputation to their left fingertip.

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