# Amputations at Termaco USA
> OSHA SIR `2019088344` · 8/13/2019 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Termaco USA
- **Location:** 171 Tuckerton Road, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was training another employee on a robot that is used to weld steel battery boxes. While removing a box from the tray fixture, the tray got stuck, bounced, and the upper fixture fell down, amputating the injured employee's right pinky fingertip.

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