# Amputations at ALBANY STEEL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054507` · 5/17/2017 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ALBANY STEEL INC.
- **Location:** 566 BROADWAY, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12201
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting the motor of a shot blast machine when a coworker activated it. The machine amputated the employee's index finger.

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