# Amputations at AMERICAN CRANE & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017043740` · 4/26/2017 · DOUGLASSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN CRANE & EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
- **Location:** 531 OLD SWEDE ROAD, DOUGLASSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19518
- **NAICS:** 333923
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressing a bearing when his finger became caught in the press machine, resulting in amputation of his left index fingertip.

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