# Amputations at Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017109727` · 10/10/2017 · ANACONDA, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Company Inc
- **Location:** 241 Willow Glen Road, ANACONDA, MONTANA, 59711
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a gasket between flanges that were held apart with wedges. One of the wedges slipped out and the flanges came together smashing the employee's index finger resulting in partial amputation of the distal soft tissue.

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