# Amputations at AOTCO Metal Finishing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099818` · 9/21/2018 · BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AOTCO Metal Finishing, LLC
- **Location:** 11 Suburban Park Drive, BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS, 01821
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in the sludge machine when the machine cycled and partially amputated the employee's middle finger.

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