# Amputations at HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO
> OSHA SIR `2015053096` · 5/21/2015 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO
- **Location:** 3625 W OLD POTASH HWY, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68803
- **NAICS:** 332992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an ammunition loading machine. One cartridge did not have a bullet seated in the opening, so he reached into the opening to remove the faulty cartridge. His finger got caught by the transfer bar (feeding mechanism).

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