# Amputations at Premier Tech
> OSHA SIR `2021119745` · 11/10/2021 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Premier Tech
- **Location:** 3101 Hayneville Road, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36108
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a rotator shaft with sandpaper. The employee's gloves got caught in the rotating shaft, pulling his right hand into the machine. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated, and two were reattached.

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