# Amputations at WABTEC Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20180112308` · 1/9/2018 · BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** WABTEC Corporation
- **Location:** 3RD STREET, B.I.D.A. COMPLEX, BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18603
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a new part onto an end milling cutter. The cutter's rotating spindle entangled the employee's right glove and fingers, causing an amputation to a finger.

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