# Amputations at Swagelok Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076817` · 7/26/2016 · STRONGSVILLE, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Swagelok Company
- **Location:** 15400 Foltz Industrial Parkway, STRONGSVILLE, OHIO, 44149
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading stock material in a CNC machine when the machine became jammed. As the employee attempted to remove the jam, the machine cycled and amputated 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch of the employee's right middle finger.

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