# Amputations at SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019054902` · 5/14/2019 · JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** SPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- **Location:** 301 HIGHLAND AVENUE, JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19046
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting parts into a machine when the employee's hand slipped on oil and was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial thumb tip amputation (no bone loss).

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