# Amputations at Graf Tech International Holdings Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109089` · 10/2/2023 · SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Graf Tech International Holdings Inc
- **Location:** 800 Theresia Street, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a wrench to unthread the coupler of the air cylinder for the kicker of an in-feed conveyor. An employee's ring finger was crushed between the kicker and a steel rail resulting in a partial amputation that was later reattached.

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