# Amputations at AEP
> OSHA SIR `2016021684` · 2/24/2016 · CHESHIRE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP
- **Location:** 7397 North State Route 7, CHESHIRE, OHIO, 45620
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a pyrite gate on a pulverizer when the gate slipped and struck the end of the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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