# Amputations at Stamco Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032351` · 3/14/2017 · EUCLID, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stamco Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 26650 Lakeland, EUCLID, OHIO, 44132
- **NAICS:** 333513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand clearing parts from a machine press. The manufactured part from the last cycle got stuck to the upper part of the die. When the employee went to reach for the part, it fell and struck his left middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation. The part weighed approximately 21 lbs.

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