# Amputations at VIKING FORGE CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2018032502` · 3/13/2018 · STREETSBORO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** VIKING FORGE CORP.
- **Location:** 4500 CRANE CENTER DRIVE, STREETSBORO, OHIO, 44241
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to catch his glove, which had slipped off his hand, when his hand was caught in a conveyor. His middle finger was partially amputated.

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