# Amputations at Alpha Precision Group
> OSHA SIR `2018032547` · 3/14/2018 · RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Precision Group
- **Location:** 95 Mason Run Road, RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15853
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a part onto a slotter when the part began to fall off of the holding fixture. While straightening the part out on the fixture, the employee actuated the slotter with her other hand. Her right index fingertip was then caught and amputated between the vice fixture and the part.

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