# Amputations at Ace Hydraulics
> OSHA SIR `20211210351` · 12/2/2021 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ace Hydraulics
- **Location:** 1 West Interstate Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a hydraulic cylinder in a plant's assembly area. The rod of the cylinder unexpectedly retracted into the tube and the employee's right-hand fingers were trapped in a pinch point between the cylinder tube and the piston rod. The employee's index fingertip was amputated.

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