# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Iron Valley Tank & Plate
> OSHA SIR `2024087272` · 8/8/2024 · DONORA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Iron Valley Tank & Plate
- **Location:** 60 Washington Road, DONORA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15033
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting an automated paint line when he noticed a loose/defective guide rail on a chain. A chain and sprocket drive caught his left little finger, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

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