# Amputations at Weiler Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017065491` · 6/15/2017 · CRESCO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Weiler Corporation
- **Location:** 1 Weiler Drive, CRESCO, PENNSYLVANIA, 18326
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine to cut brushes when the employee's right hand slipped and came into contact with the cutting head, amputating the right thumb tip.

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