# Amputations at GKN Sinter Metals
> OSHA SIR `2017087984` · 8/19/2017 · EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GKN Sinter Metals
- **Location:** One Airport Road, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
- **NAICS:** 332117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unjam a part on a sort table when a part slide mechanism pinched her right middle finger between the air-actuated slide and a part. As she pulled her hand out to remove her finger, her fingertip was amputated just below the cuticle.

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