# Amputations at Federal Prison Industries
> OSHA SIR `2021086949` · 8/16/2021 · ASHLAND, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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.
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Prison Industries
- **Location:** State Route 716, ASHLAND, KENTUCKY, 41105
- **NAICS:** 337211
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in an edge bander machine. A machine part closed on the employee's right middle finger after the jam was cleared. The employee suffered an amputation to the last joint of the finger.

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