# Amputations at Exal Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099575` · 9/16/2018 · YOUNGSTOWN, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Exal Corporation
- **Location:** One Performance Place, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44502
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was caught in an opening at the bottom of a sorting bowl when the bowl engaged. The finger 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*