# Amputations at Federal Cartridge Company
> OSHA SIR `2021064835` · 6/14/2021 · LEWISTON, IDAHO
## 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Cartridge Company
- **Location:** 2299 Snake River Ave., LEWISTON, IDAHO, 83501
- **NAICS:** 332992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a slug cutter machine. The employee was wiping grease off of gears to inspect them when their fingertip got pulled through two gears. The fingertip was amputated at the nailbed.

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