# Amputations at Global Advanced Metals
> OSHA SIR `20161110967` · 11/22/2016 · BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Advanced Metals
- **Location:** 1223 Country Line Road, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding wire from one roll to another. While guiding the wire his gloved hand got caught and amputated two digits.

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