# Amputations at APEX METAL FINISHING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021031905` · 3/2/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** APEX METAL FINISHING COMPANY
- **Location:** 200 E. Koeln Avenue, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63111
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to apply grease to a gear sprocket and chain on a barrel tumbler. The rag and his glove were pulled into the sprocket and chain, resulting in two finger amputations. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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