# Amputations at O'FALLON CASTING
> OSHA SIR `2020032312` · 3/11/2020 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** O'FALLON CASTING
- **Location:** 600 Cannonball Lane, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a line so that flour would feed from a hopper. The employee's right middle finger was caught between a chain and a hook; the first digit of the right middle finger was amputated.

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