# Amputations at Gem City Metal Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015107628` · 10/13/2015 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Engines, turbines, except vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Gem City Metal Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 1825 E. First Street, DAYTON, OHIO, 45403
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a 32" hydroform. The piston had been removed from the equipment. The collar on the center piston slide down and caught the employee's right hand injuring the index finger. It was later amputated at the hospital.

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