# Amputations at Benton Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021020973` · 2/4/2021 · BENTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Benton Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 5297 State Route 487, BENTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17814
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a core machine when he engaged a plate within the machine that came into contact with his right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation that required surgery to be re-attached.

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