# Amputations at PENTAIR WATER TREATMENT (OH) COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019088311` · 8/13/2019 · CHARDON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** PENTAIR WATER TREATMENT (OH) COMPANY
- **Location:** 220 PARK DR., CHARDON, OHIO, 44024
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming a grinder when his left index fingertip was caught and amputated between the blades and the housing. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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