# Amputations at Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096577` · 9/9/2015 · CARDINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 575 West Main St., CARDINGTON, OHIO, 43315
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a metal pipe bender in the bender work area. The employee was attempting to adjust the bender when a coworker cycled the machine. The employee's left-hand pinky and ring fingers were crushed, and the distal phalanx of the left-hand middle and ring fingers were surgically removed.

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