# Amputations at TYK America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110472` · 11/14/2023 · CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brick crushing machine when their right ring finger was crushed by the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded 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*