# Amputations at SKF USA Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2019011079` · 1/30/2019 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** SKF USA Incorporated
- **Location:** 20 Industrial Drive, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading the rings into the furnace. The employee was steadying the load with one hand and operating the hoist with the other hand when the lifting device pinched the end of their left middle finger resulting in amputation of one-half inch.

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