# Amputations at AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171111119` · 11/20/2017 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING INC.
- **Location:** 2075 EAST 65TH ST., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44103
- **NAICS:** 311312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was supporting a shaft that was in a vice during repairs when the shaft fell through the vice, hitting and partially amputating the employee's left ring finger.

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