# Amputations involving bone loss at Humphrey Charcoal Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025021970` · 2/28/2025 · BROOKVILLE, 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:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Humphrey Charcoal Corporation
- **Location:** 13760 Knox Dale Road, BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15825
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working to fill lump charcoal into 40-pound bags when the crusher jammed. He was standing at the filling station and went to clear the machine. The employee's gloved right hand was pulled into a belt and pulley, causing the amputation of his little finger and a severe laceration to his ring finger. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was guarded and locked out/tagged out at the time.

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