# Amputations at American Fibertech Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020065852` · 6/23/2020 · GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** American Fibertech Corporation
- **Location:** 255 N Carlisle Street, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17225
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the production floor cleaning a machine with a metal rod. The metal rod got caught and was pulled by the gear of the machine causing the handle of the rod to press the employee's fingers against the edge of the area being cleaned. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated.

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