# Amputations at The Timken Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015085861` · 8/17/2015 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Timken Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 1927 HARRISON AVE., CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a crane wheel using a crane when his finger got caught between the crane wheel and the steel rope. His right ring fingertip was amputated.

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