# Amputations at AAH Acquisition LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010080` · 10/20/2017 · UNION CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AAH Acquisition LLC
- **Location:** 217 Titusville Road, UNION CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16438
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a loom and attempting to remove fabric lint from it when his right hand came into contact with a moving gear that was located deep behind the fabric yarn and in the frame of the loom. His right pinky and ring fingers were amputated. The loom was running at the time of the incident.

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