# Amputations at Arlington Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109560` · 10/5/2017 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arlington Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Stauffer Industrial Park, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18517
- **NAICS:** 335932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating a machine and holding a clicker to count/advance the machine when the employee dropped the clicker onto a shelf. As the employee reached to retrieve the clicker, the employee's left hand was caught in the machine, amputating the middle fingertip and fracturing the ring and middle fingers.

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