# Amputations at Banner Metals Group
> OSHA SIR `2023043673` · 4/24/2023 · COLUMBUS, 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:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Banner Metals Group
- **Location:** 1308 Holly Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43212
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 24, 2023, an employee was locating a part on the lower electrode of a resistance spot welder when his right thumb was crushed by the welder. The employee sustained a revision amputation.

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