# Amputations at Pyongsan America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212807` · 12/13/2018 · AUBURN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pyongsan America, Inc.
- **Location:** 760 West Veterans Boulevard, AUBURN, ALABAMA, 36832
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching an air hose to the discharge area of an inserter machine. The engage button was bumped and the air pressure engaged the clamp which shut on his right middle finger amputating the fingertip.

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