# Amputations at Alpla, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076691` · 7/22/2016 · SAINT PETERS, MISSOURI
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpla, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Cermak Blvd., SAINT PETERS, MISSOURI, 63376
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning the interior of a regrind tank an employee sustained a right ring finger amputation and a partial middle finger amputation. The rotating valves were not guarded at the time.

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