# Amputations at Alpha Packaging
> OSHA SIR `2015031000` · 3/5/2015 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saw blades-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Packaging
- **Location:** 14801 Emery Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a grinder when the grinder blade dropped on his left hand. The employee pulled his hand out of his glove and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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