# Amputations at Meadville Forging Company, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2017098741` · 9/12/2017 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Meadville Forging Company, L.P.
- **Location:** 15309 Baldwin Street Ext., MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 2,500-ton vertical press while the machine was in idle mode. The employee was manually spinning the die manipulator when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated in a pinch point while spinning the die manipulator.

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