# Amputations at Weiler Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015118571` · 11/12/2015 · CRESCO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Weiler Corporation
- **Location:** 1 Weiler Drive, CRESCO, PENNSYLVANIA, 18326
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A wire became jammed in the wire brush manufacturing machine. The employee unjammed the wire and used his left middle finger to check if the feed tube was free of debris. The machine toggled and amputated his left middle fingertip.  The machine was not locked out at the time.

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