# Amputations at YUASA BATTERY, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2017087336` · 8/2/2017 · LAURELDALE, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** YUASA BATTERY, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 2901 MONTROSE AVENUE, LAURELDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to oil the gears on a positive pasting machine when he heard a noise and observed that a guard was bent. As he attempted to bend the guard back, his left hand slipped from the guard and contacted the gears, amputating his middle, fourth, and fifth fingers.

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