# Amputations at Ameriseal of Ohio, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032071` · 3/3/2020 · OLNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameriseal of Ohio, Inc.
- **Location:** Olney Municipal Airport, OLNEY, TEXAS, 76374
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were placing front tongue load-bearing metal poles into metal stand boots. A metal pole weight slipped, and an employee's right thumb was caught between the pole base and the boot rim. It was amputated at the first joint. The employee was hospitalized and the thumb was surgically reattached.

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