# Amputations at Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032350` · 3/15/2023 · MCCONNELSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 5130 N. State Route 60, NW, MCCONNELSVILLE, OHIO, 43756
- **NAICS:** 331423
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a loose bolt that had allowed the steel back in a vertical hydraulic cylinder to loosen. The steel back closed on the employee's left hand, amputating it. He was hospitalized.

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