# Amputations at Neokraft Signs, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043322` · 4/12/2017 · LEWISTON, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Neokraft Signs, Inc.
- **Location:** 686 Main St, LEWISTON, MAINE, 04240
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a bending machine and crushed their right thumb in the machine resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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