# Amputations at Joseph Epstein Food Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054472` · 5/21/2016 · EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Joseph Epstein Food Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 25 Branca Rd, EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, 07073
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After clearing debris from the chain of a machine, an employee noticed the bolts that held in the sealing die were loose. As he was attempting to tighten the bolts, the die came up and crushed two of his fingertips.

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