# Amputations at American Fibertech Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016098428` · 9/7/2016 · GREENCASTLE, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Fibertech Corporation
- **Location:** 255 N Carlisle Street, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17225
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While removing a chain from a sprocket, an employee's hand was drawn into the sprocket, amputating the index finger and injuring the middle, ring, and little fingers.

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