# Amputations at Machine Dynamics and Engineering Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20221210802` · 12/13/2022 · MINERVA, 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Machine Dynamics and Engineering Corporation
- **Location:** 9312 Arrow Road Northwest, MINERVA, OHIO, 44657
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was resting on a pipe bender machine when it activated, causing the clamping die to pinch their right ring finger, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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