# Amputations at OHIO VALLEY MANUFACTURING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019077120` · 7/14/2019 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** OHIO VALLEY MANUFACTURING INC.
- **Location:** 1501 HARRINGTON MEMORIAL RD., MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44903
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 14, 2019, an employee was helping to set a die into a machine. The slack in the chain tightened and caught the employee's right ring finger between the chain and the die, resulting in an amputation.

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