# Amputations at Electric Cable Compounds, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017088401` · 8/30/2017 · NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Cable Compounds, Inc.
- **Location:** 108 Rado Drive, NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, 06770
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 30, 2017, an employee was cleaning out/blowing down a rotary airlock when the airlock caught and amputated his left middle and index fingers. The airlock was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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