# Amputations at Pro Sign Company
> OSHA SIR `2017109489` · 10/3/2017 · DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Pro Sign Company
- **Location:** 251 Boot Road, DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19335
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear when the bit came down and partially amputated one of the employee's fingers.

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