# Amputations at Niles Building Products Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021456` · 2/14/2017 · NILES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Niles Building Products Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 Hunter St, NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting parts into boxes near the rolling mill when the mill needed to be loaded with a new coil. During the loading process, the employee's glove was caught and pulled into the mill, and the employee's left pinky fingertip was amputated.

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