# Amputations at LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO.
> OSHA SIR `2017043504` · 4/19/2017 · MENTOR, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO.
- **Location:** 6500 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a metal stabilizing ring on a cardboard drum when his left pinky finger was pinched between the stabilizing ring and the drum, partially amputating his fingertip.

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