# Amputations at Cleveland - Cliffs Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023053993` · 5/4/2023 · LYNDORA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleveland - Cliffs Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Armco Drive, LYNDORA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16045
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and co-worker were participating in a hands-on alignment training of a device that consisted of an electric drive motor, a belt, pulleys, a chain, and sprockets. The employee finished checking the tension and alignment on the training aid and prepared to energize the device s motor to spin the chain and check their work. The device activated causing the injured employee s right ring finger to become caught between the chain and sprocket. The employee suffered a fingertip injury resulting in amputation down to the first joint.

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