# Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010738` · 1/24/2023 · MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
- **Location:** 5710 Vits Drive, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, 54220
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading ceramic plates into a tray carrier as the plate advance mechanism was returning to the home position. The employee went to prevent the stack of plates from tipping over when his right glove was pulled into the housing around the plate advance mechanism, causing an amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips as well as a finger fracture.

OSHA: more information?--machine?

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