# Amputations at Armstrong World Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019099317` · 9/7/2019 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Armstrong World Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 300 South Myrick Street, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32505
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A technician was in training, performing a check on the wheel abrator. He opened the door on the enclosed equipment to visually inspect and noticed debris at the bottom of the machine. He went to clean out the debris and his left middle and ring fingers made contact with the rotary blades resulting in amputation of the fingers and hospitalization.

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