# Amputations at Pandrol
> OSHA SIR `2019088528` · 8/19/2019 · BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pandrol
- **Location:** 501 Sharptown rd, BRIDGEPORT, NEW JERSEY, 08014
- **NAICS:** 332216
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press and proceeded to clean the press. When he removed the bar from the press, the machine activated and pulled his hand into the tooling, cutting his left index finger and resulting in an amputation.

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