# Amputations at Zurn Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010862` · 1/27/2015 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Zurn Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1801 Pittsburgh Ave, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16502
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a drill tap machine.  As he was making an adjustment for a new job on the tooling, his hand contacted the rotating spindle shaft. His glove got caught on the shaft, and his hand was entangled.  This resulted in amputation to the first knuckle of his left-hand middle finger.

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