# Amputations at Superior Plastic Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032937` · 3/20/2019 · NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Plastic Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 260 Jalyn Drive, NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17557
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a PVC pipe into a spindle mold machine. The employee's fingers were caught in a pinch point, and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed/amputated.

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