# Amputations at Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010035` · 10/25/2016 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 25, 2016, at 7:10 a.m., an employee was disassembling a load of precast concrete hollow core planks and tried to remove the stacking block before the plank had cleared the stack. The plank broke and amputated the tip and fingernail of his left index finger. He was hospitalized for treatment.

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