# Amputations at Plastek Industries-CPD
> OSHA SIR `2018088208` · 8/10/2018 · ERIE, 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 during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastek Industries-CPD
- **Location:** 2310 Pittsburgh Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16506
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building an automation machine when a part jammed in the machine. The employee reached in to grab the jammed part and the machine cycled. The employee suffered an amputation of the pinky finger on his left hand.

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