# Amputations at Progress Wire Products Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016021200` · 2/8/2016 · CLEVELAND, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Progress Wire Products Co.
- **Location:** 3535 WEST 140TH ST, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44111
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running production on a spot welder when the employee's hand was caught in the machine's point of operation, amputating the thumb.

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