# Amputations at West Penn Printing
> OSHA SIR `2017076224` · 7/6/2017 · NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** West Penn Printing
- **Location:** 103 Riverpark Drive, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16101
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a printing press. The press was locked/tagged out, and the employee disengaged and removed the folder mechanism. The employee then attempted to re-engage the folder mechanism and slid it back into the press. As he was re-engaging the mechanism, his left index finger was caught and partially amputated in the mechanism's gear and chain.

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