# Amputations at PTI, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021880` · 2/20/2019 · POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PTI, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Fairgrounds Road, POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA, 25550
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 20, 2019, an employee was loading raw material into the vertical plunger system on an injection press when the plunger came down onto the employee's fingers, causing an amputation.

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