# Amputations at Topre America Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021109275` · 10/27/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Topre America Corporation
- **Location:** 1100 Reaper Ave., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45503
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a projection welder to weld a nut onto a metal part when  its electrodes amputated his left index fingertip.

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