# Amputations at THK Manufacturing of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021605` · 2/17/2017 · HEBRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** THK Manufacturing of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 471 North High Street, HEBRON, OHIO, 43025
- **NAICS:** 334513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a cover die with an overhead crane when his left index finger was pinched and amputated between the cover die and the machine sleeve.

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