# Amputations at Ellwood National Forge
> OSHA SIR `2021097612` · 9/3/2021 · IRVINE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Sanders-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ellwood National Forge
- **Location:** 1 Front Street, IRVINE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16329
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a 3/4" x 13 1/4" steel shaft in a lathe using emery paper. The emery paper got caught around the workpiece and the employee's right ring finger was amputated.

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