# Amputations at AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021032019` · 3/8/2021 · SULLIVAN, 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- **Location:** 225 INDUSTRIAL PARK DRIVE, SULLIVAN, MISSOURI, 63080
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a valve seater machine on an aerosol production line when the machine malfunctioned. While unjamming the machine, the employee's hand was caught on a belt which pulled her fingers into the machine and amputated her index finger below the first knuckle.

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