# Amputations at QUADRANT EPP USA, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2017076885` · 7/24/2017 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** QUADRANT EPP USA, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 2120 FAIRMONT AVENUE, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19612
- **NAICS:** 325222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retracting molded parts from a hydraulic press when an end cap slipped down and pinched the employee's left middle finger between it and an extrusion, partially amputating it.

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