# Amputations at Elkay Manufacturing Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077215` · 7/16/2019 · SELLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Elkay Manufacturing Company, LLC
- **Location:** 95 E Old State Road, SELLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18960
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear when his left ring fingertip was amputated by the blade. The machine was guarded at the time.

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