# Amputations at Evergreen Metallurgical Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043924` · 4/24/2018 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Evergreen Metallurgical Company
- **Location:** 679 East Butler Road, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16002
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a 215-pound toggle into a crushing machine when the toggle slipped and fell onto his left ring finger, catching it between the toggle and the machine frame. His finger suffered an avulsion that led to a surgical amputation of his fingertip.

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