# Amputations at Martin F. Weber Co.
> OSHA SIR `2015064235` · 6/25/2015 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin F. Weber Co.
- **Location:** 2727 Southampton Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19154
- **NAICS:** 339942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated a fingertip while operating a filling machine. The employee was operating the tube filler machine to fill empty tubes with paint. The machine's trimming blade jammed. The employee tried to clear the jam and while a finger was in the nip point, the machine cycled, amputating the tip of his finger.

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