# Amputations at Unicast Company
> OSHA SIR `2017076346` · 7/10/2017 · BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Unicast Company
- **Location:** 241 N. Washington Street, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking to see if the proximity switch in a mold handling machine was blocked when the machine moved and caught the employee's middle fingertip between a bracket and a mold cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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