# Amputations at Amerway, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021647` · 2/23/2021 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amerway, Inc.
- **Location:** 3701 Beale Avenue, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running 1/2-inch square bar solder into a chucker machine. As the employee was clearing a jam in the machine, it activated and caught the employee's left middle finger. The employee suffered an amputation at the tip/nail.

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