# Amputations at AMERICAN LIGHT METALS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032975` · 3/21/2019 · MACEDONIA, 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:** AMERICAN LIGHT METALS, LLC
- **Location:** 635 HIGHLAND ROAD, MACEDONIA, OHIO, 44056
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a pressure plate test when a fixture came down on his right hand and amputated the thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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