# Amputations at American Light Metals
> OSHA SIR `2017021814` · 2/27/2017 · MACEDONIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Light Metals
- **Location:** 635 E. HIGHLAND RD., MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 331522
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unclog and then reattach a hose. Her left hand was in the pour hole when the machine cycled and a finger was crushed by the ram resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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