# Amputations at Crescent Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032073` · 3/7/2022 · NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Crescent Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 12 North Front Street, NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA, 17349
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a machine that cuts bar stock after an alarm on the machine went off. When the employee fixed the issue, the machine started back up and the employee's right index finger got caught in the machine's bar feeder, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

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