# Amputations at SPRINGCO METAL COATING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054032` · 5/11/2016 · 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SPRINGCO METAL COATING INC.
- **Location:** 12500 ELMWOOD AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44111
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a piece of equipment to cut metal stock, an employee's right index finger was crushed, requiring surgical amputation.

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