# Amputations at Gates Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021065361` · 6/30/2021 · RED BAY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gates Corporation
- **Location:** 909 Gates Street, RED BAY, ALABAMA, 35582
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 3/16" nylon rope was being pulled through the employee's left hand as it was being applied to a rotating mandrel. A knot in the rope caught the employee's left pinky finger and amputated the distal and middle portion.

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