# Amputations at Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings
> OSHA SIR `20171010303` · 10/26/2017 · WOODWAY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Arconic Fastening Systems and Rings
- **Location:** 8001 Imperial Dr., WOODWAY, TEXAS, 76712
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a header machine when his left-hand fingers entered a hole in the machine. The machine arm then fell on his left-hand fingers, amputating the index finger.

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