# Amputations at WVA Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2019043798` · 4/12/2019 · ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WVA Manufacturing
- **Location:** PO Box 248 Route 60 E, ALLOY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25002
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the carbon set on a furnace. His fingers were caught in the carbon/head intersection of the furnace, causing the partial amputation of his right ring finger and an injury to the right middle finger.

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