# Amputations at Ahlstrom-Munksjo Nonwovens, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010255` · 1/10/2023 · WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahlstrom-Munksjo Nonwovens, LLC
- **Location:** 11 Canal Bank Road, WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT, 06096
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a failed carrier rope on a through air dryer (TAD) when his hand became caught in the ropes. As the employee went to free his hand, his other hand became caught and the ropes/machine continued to move. The employee sustained amputations of four fingers on his left hand and three fingers on his right hand.

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