# Amputations at BNZ Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098614` · 9/18/2023 · ZELIENOPLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BNZ Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 191 Front Street, ZELIENOPLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16063
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a bulk bag to the discharge chute below a dust collector when his right hand slipped and contacted the blades of the rotary valve. The employee sustained amputation of four fingers on the right hand. The chute was not guarded at the time.

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