# Amputations at Specialized Inspection Group
> OSHA SIR `2022021659` · 2/21/2022 · WAUSEON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialized Inspection Group
- **Location:** 135 E. Linfoot St., WAUSEON, OHIO, 43553
- **NAICS:** 335129
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 11:15 a.m. on February 21, 2022, an employee was loading a reflector onto a punch machine. The punch activated and cycled. It came down on the employee's left hand, resulting in partial amputations to the middle and index fingers to at least the first knuckle.

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