# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Carpenter Technology Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024087887` · 8/26/2024 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Technology Corporation
- **Location:** 101 W Bern St, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the strip metal processing machine (wet (oil) process). The employee used a rag in their right hand to clean a roller and three fingers were caught in a nip point, resulting in amputation of their right thumb tip as well as their index and middle fingertips. The machine was not guarded and running at the time.

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