# Amputations at KALINICH FENCE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2017021038` · 2/2/2017 · STRONGSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KALINICH FENCE COMPANY
- **Location:** 12223 PROSPECT, STRONGSVILLE, OHIO, 44136
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was working on a machine used to split pillar cores when a piece of log broke off into the machine. As he attempted to retrieve the piece, the machine amputated his thumb tip.

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