# Amputations at Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20221210509` · 12/2/2022 · TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
- **Location:** 1 Hawes Street, TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18848
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was pulled into a pulley while lowering a platform over a piece of equipment. The employee's right middle finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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