# Amputations involving bone loss at The Tapco Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `2024076906` · 7/30/2024 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** The Tapco Tube Company
- **Location:** 10748 S. Water Street Extension, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading parts from a conveyor and placing them in boxes. He reached for a part and his rubber-coated glove got caught by the conveyor. His right middle finger was then pulled into the conveyor resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.

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