# Amputations at Hycom Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043332` · 4/14/2023 · BARBERTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Hycom Inc.
- **Location:** 374 5th Street, BARBERTON, OHIO, 44203
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving steel tubing through the machine for bending. As the employee went to remove a piece of tubing, the machine clamped down onto their right hand, resulting in a right thumb amputation.

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