# Amputations at Extrudex Aluminum Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020791` · 2/25/2015 · NORTH JACKSON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cases, cabinets, racks, shelves, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Extrudex Aluminum Inc.
- **Location:** 12051 MAHONING AVE., NORTH JACKSON, OHIO, 44451
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working in the extrusion department was moving racking material with a crane when he pinched his left-hand, third fingertip between the hook and rack. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation and underwent out-patient surgery.

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