# Amputations at PANDROL USA, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018088209` · 8/10/2018 · BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** PANDROL USA, LP
- **Location:** 501 SHARPTOWN RD., BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY, 08014
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing shims to align crop dies in a shear machine. When the machine was activated, the employee's right hand was caught in the point of operation resulting in partial amputations to two fingers.

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