# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at East Penn Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2017098537` · 9/5/2017 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing
- **Location:** 102 Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing/adjusting an air switch when the switch engaged. The clamps then amputated/avulsed the employee's left ring finger from the base of the nail down. The air switch was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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