# Amputations at Metal Conversions, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2017032573` · 3/21/2017 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Conversions, Ltd.
- **Location:** 849 Crawford Ave., MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44905
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 21, 2017, an employee was using a baler to compress metal parts into a block. The employee's left foot was pushing some wire into the baler when the horizontal door caught the foot and amputated two toes. The baler was running at the time.

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