# Amputations at Mauser USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010144` · 10/1/2018 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Mauser USA LLC
- **Location:** 1229 Castle Dr, MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dressing a weld on a metal drum when his glove was caught between two rotating wheels on a rotating metal drum machine. The employee's left index fingertip suffered an injury leading to amputation.

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