# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Joe Krentzman & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098454` · 9/11/2024 · LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Joe Krentzman & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** 3175 Back Maitland Road, LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17044
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shearer to clean aluminum metal for recycling. Their right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in fingertip amputations.

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