# Amputations at Amtrol Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085804` · 8/14/2015 · WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Amtrol Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 Division Rd, WEST WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, 02893
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee inserted an Allen key into the soft step adjuster of a lip groover to adjust the machine's tension. His left pinky finger was positioned near the machine shaft and shaft housing. The work cell was not de-energized at the time. As he was making the adjustment, the machine cycled, pulling the shaft into the housing and amputating approximately half of his left pinky finger.

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