# Amputations at SEAL TITE LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087961` · 8/18/2017 · HILLSBORO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** SEAL TITE LLC
- **Location:** 120 Moore Road, HILLSBORO, OHIO, 45133
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/18/2017, an employee was operating a sheet metal electric power rotary beading and crimping machine to make collars. The employee's leather glove was caught between the roller and the crimping of the machine wheel, and the left index finger was amputated.

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