# Amputations at Alco Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043046` · 4/4/2017 · LANCASTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Alco Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 35 Ward Road, LANCASTER, NEW YORK, 14086
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a printing press and amputated two fingertips in the rollers while removing debris from a roller.

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