# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at GKN Sinter Metals - DuBois
> OSHA SIR `2016109824` · 10/19/2016 · DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Sinter Metals - DuBois
- **Location:** 1 Tom Mix Drive, DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15801
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raking parts off the top of a slow moving conveyor (4.5"/minute) when a loud noise startled him and his finger entered a gap between the conveyor and the exit chute. The chute then shifted and dropped pinching his finger and removing his nail and fingertip.

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