# Amputations at American Standard Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088388` · 8/15/2018 · SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Standard Inc.
- **Location:** 605 South Ellsworth Road, SALEM, OHIO, 44460
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right index finger was pinched between the rollers of a drawing compound roller coater machine, resulting in a finger amputation.

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