# Amputations at PRESRITE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019021746` · 2/15/2019 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** PRESRITE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3665 E. 78TH ST., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting steel stock on a shear machine. The stock kicked back when it got to the end of the steel bar and pushed the employee's right index finger into the machine's pinch roller. The employee suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

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