# Amputations at Kessler Sign Company
> OSHA SIR `2022032523` · 3/21/2022 · ZANESVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Kessler Sign Company
- **Location:** 2669 National Road, ZANESVILLE, OHIO, 43701
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a piece of aluminum in a mechanical "stomp" shear. The machine cycled with his left hand in its point of operation and partially amputated his middle finger.

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