# Amputations at Ripley Metalworks, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2018010594` · 1/18/2018 · RIPLEY, 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:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ripley Metalworks, Ltd.
- **Location:** 111 Waterworks Rd., RIPLEY, OHIO, 45167
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling holes in angles and brushed shavings off the drill bit with his hand at which time his glove was caught in the running drill resulting in amputation of the thumb.

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