# Amputations at Universal Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016065565` · 6/22/2016 · CANONSBURG, 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:** Other metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Electric Corporation
- **Location:** 168 Georgetown Road, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15317
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a cutting machine. When the jam cleared, the machine automatically started back up, amputating the employee's right ring finger.

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