# Amputations at Atkore International
> OSHA SIR `2022108874` · 10/8/2022 · WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
## 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Atkore International
- **Location:** 1202 N. Bowie Dr., WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 76086
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to change a pipe clamp on a machine. Power was applied to the machine, and a pneumatic cylinder clamp was jogged forward. The employee's finger was caught between two blocks propelled by the clamp, causing an amputation to the finger.

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