# Amputations at SPRINGCO METAL COATING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016042926` · 4/7/2016 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** SPRINGCO METAL COATING INC.
- **Location:** 12500 ELMWOOD AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44111
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working on the Phosphate Line was transferring parts from one bin to another bin when his left thumb was caught on the side of the bin and amputated.

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