# Amputations at Zehrco-Giancola Composites, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211654` · 12/7/2017 · ASHTABULA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Zehrco-Giancola Composites, Inc.
- **Location:** 1501 W 47th. Street, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane with chain slings to flip a 24 X 16 X 20-inch mold weighing 1,500 to 1,600 pounds when the employee's left hand was caught, amputating the middle finger.

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