# Amputations at Littlestown Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086684` · 8/9/2021 · LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Littlestown Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 150 Charles Street, LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17340
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a vertical milling machine when the machine caught the glove on her right hand. The glove became wrapped around the rotating bit resulting in amputation of her right middle finger.

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