# Amputations at Ace Iron & Metal Company
> OSHA SIR `2021097841` · 9/13/2021 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ace Iron & Metal Company
- **Location:** 2515 Groveport Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of copper. The cutting shear caught the employee's left glove and amputated the tip of the employee's thumb.

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