# Amputations at TFP Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015052789` · 5/12/2015 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** TFP Corporation
- **Location:** 460 Lake Road, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a butt weld on two metal rods. He lined up the metal rods in the clamp and did not pull his hand out of the way when the clamp took hold and the butt weld was activated. His left index finger was partially degloved and amputated.

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