# Amputations at American Casting
> OSHA SIR `2017098875` · 9/15/2017 · PRYOR, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Casting
- **Location:** 5265 Hunt St, PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a mixer chute and amputated a finger when it contacted the mixer blade. The machine was unguarded and was not locked out at the time.

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