# Amputations at East Penn Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2019010496` · 1/15/2019 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-gravity and nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing
- **Location:** 102 Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing beside a conveyor gate when another employee closed the gate latch on the first employee's left index 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*