# Amputations at RH Sheppard Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021752` · 2/20/2018 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RH Sheppard Company
- **Location:** 635 Gay street, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was adjusting a die when a second employee started the machine. The injured employee suffered a partial amputation of the thumb.

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