# Amputations at TYK America Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110016` · 11/18/2021 · CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** TYK America Inc.
- **Location:** 301 Brickyard Road, CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15025
- **NAICS:** 327124
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading brick into a brick crushing machine. The machine rollers caught the employee's left hand and pulled in his left arm. The arm was amputated. A safety limit switch on the machine was not in operation at the time of the incident.

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