# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Salem Tube, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065773` · 6/17/2025 · GREENVILLE, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Salem Tube, Inc.
- **Location:** 485 Nickel Street, GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16125
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a tube that was stuck in a draw bench. The tube activated a sensor that dropped the inserter down, causing the tube to pull the employee's left little finger into the tube and the inserter wheels. The employee sustained a partial amputation and was hospitalized. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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