# Amputations at East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129095` · 12/2/2015 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 102 Deka Rd, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating the function of a sliding axle trailer to a coworker when the trailer drifted unexpectedly and caught the employee's finger in one of the adjustment holes. The employee's right index finger was amputated.

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