# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Simpson Reinforcing
> OSHA SIR `2024065160` · 6/11/2024 · ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Simpson Reinforcing
- **Location:** 2001 Dr. Thomas Boulevard, ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15068
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending two pieces of rebar in a machine when their left index finger was pinched between the rebar and the backup ram on the table resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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