# Amputations at Orbital ATK - ABL Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010521` · 1/17/2018 · KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Orbital ATK - ABL Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 210 State Route 956, KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26726
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing parts from the end of a parts washer conveyor belt when the employee's right ring finger entered the conveyor links. The employee pulled the finger out, and the link lacerated the fingertip. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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