# Amputations at UNEX Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021678` · 2/21/2017 · LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** UNEX Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 691 New Hampshire Ave, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 08701
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an axle die cutting machine when the die came down on his right hand, smashing his fifth digit.

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