# Amputations at Tatano Wire Products
> OSHA SIR `2020065676` · 6/18/2020 · LEMONT FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tatano Wire Products
- **Location:** 714 Braddock View Drive, LEMONT FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15456
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine used to manufacture wire mesh when a spool on the turn table shifted. As he was attempting to adjust it, the table created a shear point and amputated his right index fingertip down to the knuckle.

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