# Amputations at Sandvik Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129211` · 12/6/2015 · BETHEL, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sandvik Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 119 Wooster Street, BETHEL, CONNECTICUT, 06801
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was untangling a wire tangle at the capstan.  The employee tried to cut the tangle when his left hand got caught in the ball of wire, amputating two fingers. The machine was still in operation at the time.

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