# Amputations at United Performance Metals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020032603` · 3/19/2020 · HAMILTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Strapping
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** United Performance Metals, LLC
- **Location:** 3475 Symmes Road, HAMILTON, OHIO, 45015
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was strapping product to a skid. The employee's gloved left middle finger was caught between the strap and the product, 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*