# Amputations at Ethicon, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043816` · 4/25/2020 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Ethicon, Inc.
- **Location:** 3348 Pulliam St, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76905
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the chain on a foil machine. The chain caught the employee's right glove and amputated the employee's ring and middle fingertips.

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