# Amputations at Universal Recycling Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109657` · 10/9/2017 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Recycling Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 2535 Beloit Avenue, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a prototype machine when his glove was caught in the rollers, pulling his right hand into the roller mechanism and amputating four fingers.

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