# Amputations at Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015097183` · 9/29/2015 · LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 401 West Lincoln Avenue, LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA, 17543
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a loaded cart when the cart hit a doorway and the load began to shift. The employee then attempted to catch the load and amputated portions of the index and middle fingers on the left hand.

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