# Amputations at United Tube Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020065955` · 6/25/2020 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** United Tube Corporation
- **Location:** 960 Lake Rd, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting cardboard into a coil on the slitter when his glove got caught by the edge of the steel and pulled his arm into the slitter. The employee's left arm was amputated above the elbow.

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