# Amputations at Lozier Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171010116` · 10/21/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lozier Corporation
- **Location:** 6316 John J. Pershing Drive, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68110
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean the index sensor on a bracket welder because of a machine fault. This did not clear the fault, so the employee attempted to clean the fixture. When the employee cleaned the fixture, the fault cleared and the machine actuated. This caused the magnet to come down on the employee's left index finger, amputating the finger at the second digit.

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