# Amputations at Clarios, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111443` · 11/2/2019 · MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Clarios, LLC
- **Location:** 700 N Broad St, MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, 19709
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was kneeling down to look under an welder machine to see if he could find a bracket that had broken off. The employee lost his balance and his left hand slipped off the frame of the machine. His left index finger was caught between a table transfer cylinder and a metal stop and the fingertip was amputated.

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