# Amputations at Microtech Knives, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112146` · 11/22/2019 · BRADFORD, 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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Microtech Knives, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Chestnut Street Ext., BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16701
- **NAICS:** 332216
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had unloaded the table of the surface grinder. The grinder was in the stop position as the employee used a hose and a rag to wipe the table for cleaning purposes. The employee's left hand went under the grinder's wheel. The employee sustained amputations to her left middle fingertip, and index finger.

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