# Amputations at Lancaster Development, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044359` · 4/30/2019 · LATHAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lancaster Development, Inc.
- **Location:** 12 Avis Dr., LATHAM, NEW YORK, 12110
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching sandbag straps to a lifting chain hook in preparation for lifting a bag when the employee's right thumb was pinched between the strap and chain hook. The tip of the thumb was amputated.

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