# Amputations at Intermetro Industries Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171110704` · 11/6/2017 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Intermetro Industries Corporation
- **Location:** 1101 North Washington Street, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18705
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a die in a hydraulic press when the machine was actuated via the foot pedal. The press then amputated 1/2 inch of the employee's right ring finger.

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