# Amputations at Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077758` · 7/30/2019 · EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennsylvania Sintered Metals Inc.
- **Location:** 2950 Whittimore Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a press die when the die struck his left hand, resulting in amputations of the middle and index fingers.

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