# Amputations at Carpenter Technology Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191011067` · 10/23/2019 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Technology Corporation
- **Location:** 101 West Bern Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a straightener machine when the employee's hand was caught by a piece of steel that was being straightened, resulting in the partial amputation of the left middle finger and degloving injuries to the left ring and pinky fingers.

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