# Amputations at Baltimore Aircoil Company
> OSHA SIR `2017099135` · 9/22/2017 · MILFORD, DELAWARE
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Baltimore Aircoil Company
- **Location:** 1162 Holly Hill Rd., MILFORD, DELAWARE, 19963
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a PVC sheet out of a mold onto a transport system. The transport system was in motion when the employee's right hand was caught between the system's chain and sprocket, amputating the right pinky finger.

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