# Amputations at Midwest Conveyor Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076405` · 7/15/2016 · ASHLAND, 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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Conveyor Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1919 Cellar Drive, ASHLAND, OHIO, 44805
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July, 15, 2016, an employee suffered an amputation of three fingers on their left hand when their hand was crushed between the die and steel rail while operating the rail pierce machine to punch holes in a steel rail.

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