# Amputations at KTH Parts Industries
> OSHA SIR `2023043454` · 4/18/2023 · SAINT PARIS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vises, clamps
## Employer
- **Name:** KTH Parts Industries
- **Location:** 1111 N. St. Rt. 235, SAINT PARIS, OHIO, 43072
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing clamps from parts that had been welded when a clamp fell onto the employee's left thumb. They sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb that required surgery to reattach.

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