# Amputations at Adhesives Research, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043715` · 4/25/2017 · GLEN ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Adhesives Research, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Seaks Run Road, GLEN ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17327
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wiping a bearing on the 50-gallon reactor with a rag when the rag was caught by the rack and pinion pulling the employee's left hand into the moving gears. The employee's left thumb tip was partially amputated.

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