# Amputations at ITW Professional Brands
> OSHA SIR `2017088090` · 8/22/2017 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## 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:** ITW Professional Brands
- **Location:** 4647 Hugh Howell, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were clearing a valve jam on a valve inserter machine when the coworker cycled the machine while the employee's hand was inside. The machine then amputated the employee's right index finger.

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