# Amputations at McWane Ductile New Jersey
> OSHA SIR `20181011140` · 10/29/2018 · PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McWane Ductile New Jersey
- **Location:** 183 Sitgreaves St., PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY, 08865
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a die on a machine when the machine suddenly rotated, pinching the employee's finger between the die and the handle of the machine. The tip of his fourth phalange was amputated as a result.

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