# Amputations at Metal Powder Products Company
> OSHA SIR `2015063344` · 6/1/2015 · RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Powder Products Company
- **Location:** 310 Tanner Street, RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15853
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right index fingertip was amputated after it was caught in a pinch point between a rotating auger blade and the blade's enclosure fixture.

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