# Amputations at Miller Welding and Machine Company
> OSHA SIR `2016109543` · 10/10/2016 · BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Welding and Machine Company
- **Location:** 497 Allegheny Blvd., BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15825
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading equipment onto storage racks using a hoist. The hoist's up button was activated, causing the hoist hook to jump. The employee's left pinky finger was caught in the pinch point between the hook and the equipment, amputating her finger to the first knuckle.

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