# Amputations at WEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181111487` · 11/7/2018 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** WEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 923 WEST RAILROAD, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68847
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a forming mold when it slid off its blocks and crushed the employee's left middle fingertip, resulting in a medical amputation of the finger.

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