# Amputations at Allen Refractories
> OSHA SIR `2015108143` · 10/13/2015 · CHESHIRE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Allen Refractories
- **Location:** 7397 State Route 7, CHESHIRE, OHIO, 45620
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee pinched his right ring finger between a chunk of refractory and a conveyor resulting in the amputation of the right ring fingertip.

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