# Amputations at UGN Automotive (UGN, INC.)
> OSHA SIR `20221210856` · 12/14/2022 · MONROE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** UGN Automotive (UGN, INC.)
- **Location:** 201 Exploration Drive, MONROE, OHIO, 45050
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished repairing a shearing machine and began loading material into the machine. As he was positioning the material, the shear cycled, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the thumb. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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