# Amputations at Markel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015085553` · 8/7/2015 · PLYMOUTH MEETING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Markel Corporation
- **Location:** 435 School Lane, PLYMOUTH MEETING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19462
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a Preform press (#1) when the pneumatic plate activated and severed the tip of the employee's finger.

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