# Amputations at SciCast International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107390` · 10/5/2015 · BECHTELSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SciCast International, Inc.
- **Location:** 650 Route 100 North, BECHTELSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19505
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove metal from the slides of a die cast machine. The machine was powered on at the time. The employee's right hand got caught in the machine, amputating the right middle fingertip.

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