# Amputations at Colonial Metal Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010511` · 1/17/2017 · HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Colonial Metal Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2350 Quality Lane, HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16148
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was wiping off a roll of steel with a rag and cleaner. The employee directed another employee to rotate the roll. As the roll rotated, it pinched the injured employee's right pinky finger between the rolls of steel. The fingertip had to be amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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