# Amputations at WEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20191011324` · 10/29/2019 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** WEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 923 WEST RAILROAD, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68847
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a mold to be blasted. While maneuvering the molding into place, the employee's right ring finger was pinched by the mold, causing an amputation to his fingertip without bone loss.

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