# Amputations at EAM-Mosca Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052568` · 5/4/2015 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** EAM-Mosca Inc.
- **Location:** 675 Jaycee Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on a crystallizer. The guard was removed, but the machine was not locked out. He reached into the discharge valve to grab material; the machine cycled, and a small area of his thumb above and behind the nail was amputated.

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