# Amputations at ALCOM, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017098480` · 9/2/2017 · WINSLOW, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** ALCOM, LLC.
- **Location:** 6 Millennium Drive, WINSLOW, MAINE, 04901
- **NAICS:** 336214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a piece of metal (large socket) on a bench grinder when the piece of metal became caught and dragged his right index finger into the grinder, partially amputating it.

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