# Amputations at General Tool Company
> OSHA SIR `2019043872` · 4/16/2019 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** General Tool Company
- **Location:** 900 Glendale Milford, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45215
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were working on a welding positioner. One of them was installing a belt when it caught their finger, injuring the finger and necessitating a partial amputation during surgery. 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*