# Amputations at Worthington Industries
> OSHA SIR `2015074575` · 7/13/2015 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Worthington Industries
- **Location:** 4310 East 49th Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44133
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding two strips of narrow pieces of steel into a reel. There were some cracked edges on the strip of metal. His hand was pulled toward the spacer causing his finger to get caught in/between the spacer (metal disc) and the steel strip that cuts the steel in the over arm (part of the reel/guide to keep cut straight). This occurred at the 72 slitter on the exit reel.

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