# Amputations at East Penn Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2017109707` · 10/9/2017 · KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing
- **Location:** 191 Willow Street, KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19530
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was reaching into a machine to straighten a cable when the machine activated and caused an amputation.

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