# Amputations at Geauga Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2016098642` · 9/13/2016 · CHARDON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Geauga Mechanical
- **Location:** 12585 Chardon-Windsor Rd, CHARDON, OHIO, 44024
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a machine when it was activated via the foot pedal and amputated his right middle fingertip.

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