# Amputations at ELECTRO-CORE INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201212130` · 12/31/2020 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** ELECTRO-CORE INC.
- **Location:** 2207 HIGHWAY A, WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 334419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a guard on a machine when his glove caught on the sharp edge of the guard. The metal guard partially amputated the employee's left middle finger.

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