# Amputations at The Wire Shop Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096609` · 9/10/2015 · MENTOR, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** The Wire Shop Inc.
- **Location:** 5959 Pinecone Drive, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the gauging on an upper die shoe. The upper die shoe slipped/fell off the pins, and the employee turned and hit the cutting edge of the die. The employee sustained a left pointer finger soft tissue amputation.

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