# Amputations at Plain Dealer Publishing Company
> OSHA SIR `2015096758` · 9/15/2015 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Plain Dealer Publishing Company
- **Location:** 4800 TIEDMAN RD., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44144
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading advertisements into the tie machine and got his left hand caught in the machine resulting in amputation of the pinky and right fingertips.

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