# Amputations at Union Metal Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021449` · 2/19/2016 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Metal Corporation
- **Location:** 1432 MAPLE AVE. NE, CANTON, OHIO, 44705
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane was lowering an arbor into the bell of a flute machine while an employee guided the arbor into position. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the arbor and the bell  housing, and his fingertip was amputated.

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