# Amputations at Kraemer Textiles, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015096781` · 9/16/2015 · NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kraemer Textiles, Inc
- **Location:** 240 South Main St, NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA, 18064
- **NAICS:** 313111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was running a card machine.  When the employee tried to remove build up, string wrapped around his left hand middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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