# Amputations at EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2018099177` · 9/5/2018 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 102 DEKA ROAD, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 336322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a guard and frame from a machine during maintenance work when the guard dropped onto his left middle finger, 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*