# Amputations at NELSON STUD WELDING
> OSHA SIR `2017087804` · 8/15/2017 · ELYRIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** NELSON STUD WELDING
- **Location:** 7900 WEST RIDGE ROAD, ELYRIA, OHIO, 44035
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2017, an employee was placing two ends of steel wire in a machine to be welded together when the hydraulic clamp used to hold two ends of a wire together caught and amputated the employee's left ring and pinky fingertips.

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