# Amputations at American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010420` · 1/16/2021 · TWINSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 8001 Bavaria Road, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
- **NAICS:** 331522
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an arm on a crossbar. The employee crouched down to get the pin that would lock the arm in position. The arm fell and severed the employee's left thumb.

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