# Amputations at ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2017109488` · 10/3/2017 · MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 1507 RIVER ROAD, MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17547
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened the hatch to a rotary valve's dust collector and was attempting to inspect it when the valve partially amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers.

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