# Amputations at Summit Tool Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016054123` · 5/12/2016 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Summit Tool Co.
- **Location:** 768 E. North St., AKRON, OHIO, 44305
- **NAICS:** 332212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was showing a coworker how to operate a forging press and was pointing toward the machine's operations. To get a better view, the coworker leaned forward and accidentally made contact with the foot pedal, actuating the press. The employee's right index finger was amputated by the machine.

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