# Amputations at H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010859` · 1/24/2019 · APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** H.W. Nicholson Welding & Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 3899 Route 66, APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15613
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a wire sling to stand up a 1,000-pound sheave wheel in a vertical position. The wheel fell over and hit his left foot, crushing it against a 4-by-4. He was hospitalized, and a toe was surgically amputated.

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