# Amputations at Cedar Point Amusement Park
> OSHA SIR `2016087302` · 8/6/2016 · SANDUSKY, 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:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Cedar Point Amusement Park
- **Location:** 1 CEDAR POINT DRIVE, SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44871
- **NAICS:** 713110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about August 6, 2016, an employee was using a vehicle-mounted winch when the holding mechanism malfunctioned and the wire cable kept unwinding. The employee could not pull their right hand back in time and it was pulled into the first "sheave" that was about 6 feet away from the winch, amputating three fingers.

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