# Amputations at Auto Bolt
> OSHA SIR `2022032485` · 3/18/2022 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Auto Bolt
- **Location:** 4740 Manufacturing Road, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a bolt-making machine with a rag. The machine caught the rag and pulled in the employee's left hand, causing a fracture to the little finger and a partial amputation to the ring finger.

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