# Amputations at Engineered Wire Products
> OSHA SIR `2017088191` · 8/25/2017 · WARREN, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Engineered Wire Products
- **Location:** 3121 West Market Street, WARREN, OHIO, 44485
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to repair an automatic welder when the operator cycled the machine, which amputated the employee's left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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