# Amputations at Metal Tech Recycling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088405` · 8/15/2019 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Tech Recycling LLC
- **Location:** 4555 Mount Pisgah Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17406
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning an aspirator. He was caught by the rotating 12-inch screw auger at the bottom of the equipment, which severely lacerated his left leg. The leg was medically amputated just below the knee.

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