# Amputations at CLAMPCO PRODUCTS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017098746` · 9/12/2017 · WADSWORTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CLAMPCO PRODUCTS INC.
- **Location:** 1743 WALL ROAD, WADSWORTH, OHIO, 44281
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a routine gap-check by operating a resistance welder by foot-pedal. The employee noticed an obstruction before initiating the weld process. While clearing the obstruction, the weld process was initiated and amputated the tip of her left thumb.

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