# Amputations at East Penn Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2023054269` · 5/12/2023 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing
- **Location:** 102 Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a basket of plates when their left thumb was caught between the basket and the curing oven. The thumb tip was amputated.

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