# Amputations at Bally Ribbon Mills, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053771` · 5/7/2021 · BALLY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bally Ribbon Mills, Inc.
- **Location:** 23 N. 7th Street, BALLY, PENNSYLVANIA, 19503
- **NAICS:** 313220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting webbing material into a blocking machine. The machine suddenly increased speed, and the employee's left hand was pulled between its rollers. The employee's pinky fingertip was amputated.

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