# Amputations at American Standard Brands
> OSHA SIR `2021086992` · 8/17/2021 · SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** American Standard Brands
- **Location:** 605 South Ellsworth Avenue, SALEM, OHIO, 44460
- **NAICS:** 326191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a conveyor. A chain drive engaged on the conveyor, pulling the employee's left thumb into a sprocket and chain. He suffered an amputation to the end of the thumb.

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