# Amputations at THREE D METALS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032932` · 3/26/2018 · VALLEY CITY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** THREE D METALS INC.
- **Location:** 5462 INNOVATION DRIVE, VALLEY CITY, OHIO, 44280
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually sliding a tail stock into a slitter machine's arbors when his right index finger was pinched between the stock and a bolt, causing a fingertip amputation.

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