# Amputations at North American Hoganas
> OSHA SIR `20181010106` · 10/1/2018 · HOLLSOPPLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** North American Hoganas
- **Location:** 111 Hoganas Way, HOLLSOPPLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15935
- **NAICS:** 331528
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning debris from the table top of an atomizer. The atomizer sucked in the employee's right hand, causing the amputation of the arm.

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