# Amputations at Charter Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099197` · 9/5/2018 · TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 221 South Perry Street, TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16354
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left index finger was caught in a pipe crimp cutter as he used it to cut a piece of tape. The employee's left index fingertip was amputated.

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