# Amputations at PRO-TECH Coating Company
> OSHA SIR `2015052654` · 5/6/2015 · LEIPSIC, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PRO-TECH Coating Company
- **Location:** 5500 Protech Parkway, LEIPSIC, OHIO, 45856
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a baffle plate to set in the support arm with cable come a-longs. The employee's finger got pinched between the baffle plate and support arm, resulting in an amputation to the right ring fingertip.

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