# Amputations at Riverbend Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076944` · 7/25/2017 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Riverbend Foods LLC
- **Location:** 1080 River Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a pulley on an exhaust fan when his right middle finger was crushed between his pipe wrench and the fan's frame. His finger had to be surgically amputated.

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