# Amputations at West Penn Wire
> OSHA SIR `2015118997` · 11/20/2015 · WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** West Penn Wire
- **Location:** 2833 West Chestnut Street, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15301
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move a portable hydraulic lifting device onto the bed of a pickup truck. One of the folding legs of the portable hydraulic lifting device opened up.  The injured employee reached for the leg of the unit and caught his finger in a pinch point caused by the movement of the leg. His right little fingertip was amputated.

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