# Amputations at Cleveland - Cliffs Cleveland Works, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023053881` · 5/1/2023 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleveland - Cliffs Cleveland Works, LLC
- **Location:** 3060 EGGERS AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance electrical technician was troubleshooting a fault on the steel plant's water treatment river water pump when their left middle finger got caught in a knife gate valve. Their fingertip was partially amputated.

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