# Amputations at SCANTRON
> OSHA SIR `2019010515` · 1/15/2019 · COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SCANTRON
- **Location:** 3975 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17512
- **NAICS:** 323119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing paper stuck in a vacuum roller when the employee's left thumb was caught in a pinch point, resulting in an amputation at the mid-nail area (no bone loss).

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