# Amputations at Lorain Tool Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `20171212009` · 12/18/2017 · LORAIN, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lorain Tool Enterprises
- **Location:** 1676 E. 28th Street, LORAIN, OHIO, 44055
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 18, 2017, an employee was polishing a part when the employee's right index finger was caught in the polisher machine, amputating it to the second knuckle.

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