# Amputations at The Tapco Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `2022053811` · 5/3/2022 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** The Tapco Tube Company
- **Location:** 10748 S. Water Street Extension, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a tube mill. This machine rolls a metal sheet/strip, welds it, and ejects it as a tube. While inspecting a finished tube for defects, the employee's glove got caught between the tube and the roller resulting in amputation of his right little fingertip.

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