# Amputations at Elster American Meter Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015097193` · 9/29/2015 · NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Elster American Meter Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2221 Industrial Rd., NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68410
- **NAICS:** 334514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a metal diaphragm ring with a nylon stick (tool). The roller used to make the lip on a metal ring (diaphragm) came off of the die inside of the machine, causing the piece to be pulled into the rollers as the machine cycled. The employee's right-hand ring finger was amputated by the rollers.

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