# Amputations at E. R. ADVANCED CERAMICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023076824` · 7/28/2023 · EAST PALESTINE, OHIO
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** E. R. ADVANCED CERAMICS, INC.
- **Location:** 600 East Clark Street, EAST PALESTINE, OHIO, 44413
- **NAICS:** 333994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an extrusion press when her right little finger was caught in a pinch point and amputated to the first knuckle.

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