# Amputations at Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043407` · 4/20/2022 · ANACONDA, MONTANA
## 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:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1015 EAST 6TH STREET, ANACONDA, MONTANA, 59711
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a self-feeding poly rod into a centerless grinder. A splash guard fell; as the employee was trying to catch it, his right ring finger was caught between the rod and the grinder and amputated.

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