# Amputations at ARMACEL ENGINEERED FOAMS
> OSHA SIR `2021021406` · 2/16/2021 · SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ARMACEL ENGINEERED FOAMS
- **Location:** 100 LOCUST AVENUE, SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA, 25276
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a scrap piece of rubber to remove a piece of rubber that was caught in the blades at the cutting table. The scrap rubber slipped and the employee's left hand contacted the blade resulting in amputation of the middle finger between the middle and top knuckles.

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