# Amputations at ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099126` · 9/22/2017 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.
- **Location:** 239 West Service Road, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06120
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove lodged scrap from an in-feed conveyor when his fingers/hand were pulled into a nip point between the head pulley and the conveyor belt, amputating his left lower arm.

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