# Amputations at Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110742` · 11/15/2016 · OXFORD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 5735 College Corner Pike, OXFORD, OHIO, 45056
- **NAICS:** 335122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an automatic tape machine when the machine jammed.  As she attempted to free the machine with her left hand, the ribbon cutting shear amputated her index finger from the tip to the first knuckle.

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