# Amputations at Tenneco
> OSHA SIR `2015096298` · 9/1/2015 · KETTERING, OHIO
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenneco
- **Location:** 2555 Woodman Drive, KETTERING, OHIO, 45420
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a broach machine. The machine cycled while his hand was inside, amputating his three right-hand middle fingers. The machine guard was not in place at the time of the incident.

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