# Amputations at Mount Joy Wire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191213158` · 12/24/2019 · MOUNT JOY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Mount Joy Wire Corporation
- **Location:** 1000 East Main Street, MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17552
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding metal wire on a benchtop grinder. The grinder pulled in the employee's left hand, causing a partial amputation of the ring finger (to the second knuckle) and a partial amputation of the little finger (to the first knuckle).

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