# Amputations at UniControl Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054505` · 5/9/2018 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UniControl Inc.
- **Location:** 1111 Brookpark Road, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44109
- **NAICS:** 334512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting the pneumatic plunger under the conveyor belt track of a heat stacker machine when his left index finger was caught by the lift table, causing a fingertip amputation.

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