# Amputations at KOMAR INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2017076520` · 7/14/2017 · GROVEPORT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** KOMAR INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 4425 MARKETING PLACE, GROVEPORT, OHIO, 43125
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust a chain that was being used to hoist a load when the employee's left thumb tip was pinched and partially amputated between the chain and the piece of equipment.

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