# Amputations at Lozier
> OSHA SIR `2018010162` · 1/5/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lozier
- **Location:** 6316 John J. Pershing Drive, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68110
- **NAICS:** 337212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a step stool and locking out/tagging out an air valve on a bracket welder machine when her right second digit was caught between the frame and doors (guarding) on the back side of the machine. When she stepped down, her second digit fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.

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