# Amputations at C.A. Curtze Co. dba Specialty Steak Services
> OSHA SIR `2018088711` · 8/23/2018 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** C.A. Curtze Co. dba Specialty Steak Services
- **Location:** 1109 Downing Ave., ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16511
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a meat stuffing machine when his finger was caught and pinched by a piston returning to its sleeve. He suffered a cut to his fingertip with tissue loss, requiring stitches.

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