# Amputations at Heilind Electronics
> OSHA SIR `2020010902` · 1/28/2020 · MENTOR, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Heilind Electronics
- **Location:** 6240 Tin Man Road, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- **NAICS:** 423690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unjamming the a machine when the maintenance operator began to assist in the process.  The maintenance operator activated the machine and it cycled while the employee's hand was inside, resulting in the partial amputation of the left thumb and full amputation of the left index finger.

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