# Amputations at Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021109342` · 10/29/2021 · CHESHIRE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
- **Location:** 5758 State Route 7 North, CHESHIRE, OHIO, 45620
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the position of a preheater basket, which was on a hoist chain. The employee was guiding the basket when the chain was engaged to raise the load. The employee's right little finger was pulled between the chain and the load block, and the fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).

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