# Amputations at Liberty Electronics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110839` · 11/10/2017 · FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Liberty Electronics, Inc.
- **Location:** 191 Howard Street, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16323
- **NAICS:** 334412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wire sleeving machine and re-inserted the screws into the machine. She was attempting to grab the wire sleeve when her right index fingertip was amputated by the machine's blade. The machine's safety bypass bar was removed at the time of the incident.

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