# Amputations at Morgan Advanced Materials
> OSHA SIR `2018033034` · 3/28/2018 · SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morgan Advanced Materials
- **Location:** 441 Hall Avenue, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While conducting a die change, an employee attempted to remove a clamp ring from around the die. The die ring assembly slipped and pinched the employee's left middle finger between the ring and the table of the press, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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