# Amputations at Pennmark Technologies Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017109785` · 10/11/2017 · DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennmark Technologies Corporation
- **Location:** 1170 Lower Demunds Rd, DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18612
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 11, 2017, at approximately 9:10 PM, an employee was operating a press brake (equipped with laser guard) to bend a metal part when his right index fingertip was pinched and amputated between the part and the machine.

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