# Amputations at AEP INDUSTRIES INC
> OSHA SIR `2015096874` · 9/18/2015 · MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP INDUSTRIES INC
- **Location:** 20 ELMWOOD AVENUE, CRESTWOOD IND. PARK, MOUNTAIN TOP, PENNSYLVANIA, 18707
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of their right index and middle fingers at the first joint when the employee opened the door of a machine to clean the interior with a cloth and the cloth and the employee's hand were pulled into the machine.

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