# Amputations at SFS Group USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019066193` · 6/19/2019 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** SFS Group USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 41 Dennis Drive, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19606
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean a machine when the rag became caught, pulling his hand into the machine's chain and sprocket. As a result, he suffered an amputation of his middle finger, a partial amputation of his ring finger, and lacerations to two fingers. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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