# Amputations at BERKLEY MEDICAL RESOURCES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054619` · 5/22/2017 · SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** BERKLEY MEDICAL RESOURCES, INC.
- **Location:** 700 MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE, SMITHFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15478
- **NAICS:** 314120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that prints logos onto fabric materials when the machine began to leak ink. As the employee was attempting to remove ink from the roller using a towel, the rollers caught the towel and pulled her hand into the machine. Her right little finger was crushed and de-gloved. Her finger had to be surgically amputated.

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