# Amputations at Atkore International
> OSHA SIR `2019077690` · 7/28/2019 · WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Atkore International
- **Location:** 1202 N. Bowie Dr., WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 76086
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was purging material through a silo that has a rotary air lock on the bottom. Product was not flowing; when the employee tried to get the product flowing again, three fingers were amputated in the air-lock mechanism.

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