# Amputations at AC Products Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017109864` · 10/13/2017 · THOMPSONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** AC Products Incorporated
- **Location:** 12393 William Penn Highway, THOMPSONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17094
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a foot-operated drill when his right ring finger was caught in the drill press area, amputating 1 inch of the finger. The drill's safety hold back device was not used at the time.

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