# Amputations at LINCOLN ELECTRIC
> OSHA SIR `20221210870` · 12/14/2022 · EUCLID, 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LINCOLN ELECTRIC
- **Location:** 22801 ST. CLAIR AVENUE, EUCLID, OHIO, 44117
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating equipment to resize a welding wire. As the operator was guiding the wire into the machine, their finger became entangled in the wire, resulting in an amputation.

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