# Amputations at Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043777` · 4/19/2018 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.
- **Location:** 8884 Mercer Pike, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using pneumatic nippers to cut line stake material. As he made a cut, the tip of his left hand was caught in the nippers. He suffered a left thumb tip amputation.

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