# Amputations at Commerical Metal Company
> OSHA SIR `2020065218` · 6/4/2020 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Commerical Metal Company
- **Location:** 18909 Highland Rd, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70809
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the chain tension on a machine. The chain caught his hand and amputated his right index finger. He was hospitalized.

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